Recovery Disk

Apparently i'm am supposed to make a recovery disk first before i use my laptop. So what if my laptop is almost a year old and has gone through a few bumps here and there. Is it still safe to make a recovery disk? I didn't have blank cd's for a while and my laptop is kinda of stuck on a reboot loop due to the automatic update glitch. So im kind of stuck.

 

Having a set of recovery disks is better than none. Make sure that you have a decent running environment, then go for it.

cheers ...

 

You can go safe mode and make a recovery disc from there.

 

I have a question - are the recovery discs created from the "current instal" or from the hidden partition?
I believe that in the case of my Vaio they are generated from the hidden partition (I think i deinstalled some Google "junk" and then created the discs, but it returns if I use them)

So, if your recovery discs are created from a recovery partition it theoretically doesn't matter when you create them.
Also consider, your manufacturer will sell you a recovery disc - if you haven't created one - and say the recovery partition were erased/broken.

 

I have a question (or 2 )
I burned recovery disks when I first got the laptop, and it was loaded with a lot of unneeded acer apps and a ton of crapware

if I restore using the disks or partiton will it restore the laptop to the same crap-infested state???

Also, if I do a clean install, and re-partition the drive to the way I want (deleting the recovery partition), will
1- I be able to make a new set of recovery disks the can be used to restore the notebook to the clean -installed vista + drivers + essential programs
2- I be able to use these disks to restore it to the clean-installed version????

Thanks

 

Using your oringinal discs, you will recover all the Acer "add-ons" too I fear.

Your second point - only if you use the Vista restore feature.

 

So by doing a clean install and creating new recovery disks using the Vista restore feature I will be able to revert to the clean-installed state, if anything goes wrong, and not have to do another clean install, correct???

Thanks??

Edit - 500th post

 

In theory, yes.
Vista offers the "full backup feature" - i.e. it should work the way you expect it to.

Mind oyu the full update is only available on Vista Ultimate and I believe Business.

 

Can you explain what you mean by a full update

 

ouch... I meant full backup.

Sorry, I wasn't thinking clearly this morning.

 

LOL
no worries

But can you explain what the difference is between the full backup in ultimate, and whichever backup there is in home premium

 

There is no backup in Home Premium.

All you can have in home premium is the manufacturers backup or the system recovery.

 

Ohhhh OK

I just remembered that I made my recovery disks using the Acer eRecovery program

Guess that would work again if I tried again huh??

 

It should.
At least in theory.

But it will possibly only create the factory default recovery disc.

 

Mmm are there any programs to create recovery on CD if you have V premium (do I need one?)

 

There is no "Vista Premium".

If you have Vista Ultimate you should be able to create a full backup with the Vista utility.

About other programmes - no idea is my honest answer.

 

That is being picky - but you are 100% correct, there is a Vista Home Premium.
My error...

Still:
No backup in Vista Home Premium.

Business an Ultimate only.

 

There's scheduled file and folder backup in Home Premium. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backup_and_Restore_Center (go to the Backup and Restore Center in control panel to get started) Higher end version's of Vista add on to this functionality by allowing you to create images of your whole hard drive. This is called CompletePC backup and is only found in Vista Business, Ultimate, and Enterprise.

 

Ahh ok
Thanks for the info