Elaine I would ask Hal on the XP Help list about startup discs for XP. I think there is a way to make them and use them. I understand it is more than one disc though. Rocky
On 24 Jul 2003 at 12:23, ETM wrote: Date sent: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 12:23:13 -0400 From: ETM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Harold B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Copies to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PCWorks: Startup disk Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The last thing in the world I want to do is a reinstall or > recovery/reformat. So I have used a startup disk to bring the > system back up if it was in a loop or failing to respond. Then I > usually was able to work out problems on a case by case basis on the > computer. > > Now, I understand my XP-Home doesn't even work with a start up disk, > that I might be forced to use the HP recovery CDs. Anyone encountered > problems sufficient to require such a move? > > Elaine > > Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it. --Henry > David Thoreau > > Hello Harold > > On Thursday, July 24, 2003, you wrote > > > Hello again, > > > In the seven years that I have a computer, I never used a "Startup > > disk", the disk you make on a floppy. Help says: "When you insert > > the startup disk in your computer before restarting, the computer > > starts from that disk, not from your hard drive." > > > It is true that when I'm up against a wall which is only when I > > don't like the way one of the pre-installed programs is working and > > I can't reinstall it from the original CD (rarely happens) I just > > reinstall the system; in Hewlett-Packard called a full system > > recovery. > > > So when does one use this startup disk, and how come I never had to > > use it? ... Harold ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
