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    Could I make a copy of recovery DVD?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Pom-AWD, Apr 30, 2007.

  1. Pom-AWD

    Pom-AWD Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi,
    I have made recorvery DVD from HP utilities.
    And I want to copy them for reserve.
    Could I use program like Nero, Sonic to duplicate it?
    If it requires special technique, pls let me know.

    Thank you,
    Pom
     
    Pom-AWD, Apr 30, 2007
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  2. kewlguy

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    yes u can.....
     
    kewlguy, Apr 30, 2007
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  3. SideSwipe

    SideSwipe Notebook Virtuoso

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    Apparently there is a trick where you search for HPCD.sys (i think that was what it was called) in both your OS and recovery partition and then rename them to .bak. This enables you to burn another set of recovery discs.
     
    SideSwipe, May 1, 2007
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  4. Pom-AWD

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    Thank you~
     
    Pom-AWD, May 3, 2007
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    Yep you sure can
     
    mtor, May 4, 2007
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    orev Notebook Virtuoso

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    Once you have already burned a copy, why go through this? Make a copy of the discs you burned.

    I made an ISO of each disk, and have that stored on a backup drive too.
     
    orev, May 4, 2007
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    Always burn using a RAW format (copying bit based) rather than file format (copying file based), just in case there is some copy protection.
     
    ruibing, May 4, 2007
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    well orev at least when you do this trick you run less a risk of getting a corrupt copy as when burning from iso formats and such nero doesnt let you verify the data after, and at least if ever u do lose your disc copies, you always have the chance of making a new one this way. All about backing up your backups of your backups.
     
    SideSwipe, May 4, 2007
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