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    Create Recovery Discs or not?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by gis1234, Nov 11, 2008.

  1. gis1234

    gis1234 Newbie

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    I created recovery media on an external USB HD no problem. I subsequently did a backup image on the same USB HD. My question is.... Do I need to create recovery media on a CD/DVD to perform a restore in the event my internal HD goes south? I read in a thread that I would need to restore my OS from created CD/DVD recovery disks first then a restore of my backup disk image (from my USB HD) to complete the process. Why can't I just boot from the USB HD for a complete image restore?
     
    gis1234, Nov 11, 2008
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  2. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    Not making recovery disks is like not wearing seatbelts and claiming that you're safe because the car is very cushioney.
     
    Lithus, Nov 11, 2008
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  3. Ahbeyvuhgehduh

    Ahbeyvuhgehduh Lost in contemplation....

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    Definitely make the recovery disks if at all possible!
     
    Ahbeyvuhgehduh, Nov 11, 2008
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    ahl395 Ahlball

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    Best description i have heard yet. :) I fully agree

    +10 rep. ;)
     
    ahl395, Nov 11, 2008
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  5. tbessie

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    I think what gis1234 was asking was, if the "recovery disks" were on a hard drive (as opposed to on a burned optical disc), could he/she use that to recover from -- is that right, gis1234? If that were the case, then recovery media have been made, just on a hard drive and not on a set of optical discs.

    I'm not sure how that would be done. Myself, I burned the discs (1 CD and 2 DVDs), and subsequently ripped the discs to disc images (.iso files) on another hard drive, so I can always burn recovery discs from them.

    - Tim
     
    tbessie, Nov 12, 2008
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  6. Animaitor

    Animaitor Notebook Enthusiast

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    That's the first thing I'll do once I get my W700. After that, I'll install XP 64bit... sorry Vista!
     
    Animaitor, Nov 14, 2008
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  7. gis1234

    gis1234 Newbie

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    that's right tbessie. When I run the process "Create Recovery Media" it's doing so to the external USB drive. The process where it copy's files from "preboot"?, etc. I could be mistaken , but I was under the impression that this process was creating a "bootable" drive. And it does this every time I do a backup. One thing I wonder is, does is have to write the image to the same media (CD/DVD/USB HD) as the recovery media?
     
    gis1234, Nov 15, 2008
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    gis1234 Newbie

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    I should also note that my questions above are within the context of me using the Thinkvantage Restore and Recovery 4.2 toolset.
     
    gis1234, Nov 15, 2008
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    StealthTH Notebook Evangelist

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    Nice, what did that W700 run you and what is its' specs?
     
    StealthTH, Nov 15, 2008
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  10. akadoublej

    akadoublej Notebook Evangelist

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    Will Recovery discs allow you to reinstall Windows if the hard drive dies and you have to replace it?
     
    akadoublej, Nov 16, 2008
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