I have a Compaq Presario 5827 running Windows 98SE. It has a feature
called Quick Restore on a CD-Rom disk which formats, partitions and
installs Windows to the hard drive. Included in the installation is a feature
called System Save and System Restore. The System Save makes an image
or backup of the whole hard drive and places it on a partition named system_
save D. The system Restore feature will restore the computer to the exact state
it was when the system save was performed.
A couple of days ago I had a bad Windows crash that I could not recover
from. I had to use the Quick Restore disk to format the hard drive and
do a clean install of Windows. This brought it to the state that it was when I bought
it. It works good now but I lost all my programs and data that I had installed
myself. About a month prior to the crash I performed system save to the D drive partition
on the computer and also as an added precaution put a copy of the system save D: on CD-RW disks. I had to use 5 disks to copy all the folders and files.
At that time my computer was working perfectly. Is there a way that I can use the CDs
To restore my system to the way it was before the crash with all my programs intact
and if yes how would I go about doing it without disrupting the new Windows installation. Can I just copy all the files from the CDs to the system save D: and then run the Restore feature or is there some other way? I would sure like to restore the programs and data that I lost. Apparently, this system save and restore feature comes only with Compaq computers and the local computer stores do not know how it works. Is there anyone there that owns a Compaq and has used the restore feature using a backup on CD disks?
called Quick Restore on a CD-Rom disk which formats, partitions and
installs Windows to the hard drive. Included in the installation is a feature
called System Save and System Restore. The System Save makes an image
or backup of the whole hard drive and places it on a partition named system_
save D. The system Restore feature will restore the computer to the exact state
it was when the system save was performed.
A couple of days ago I had a bad Windows crash that I could not recover
from. I had to use the Quick Restore disk to format the hard drive and
do a clean install of Windows. This brought it to the state that it was when I bought
it. It works good now but I lost all my programs and data that I had installed
myself. About a month prior to the crash I performed system save to the D drive partition
on the computer and also as an added precaution put a copy of the system save D: on CD-RW disks. I had to use 5 disks to copy all the folders and files.
At that time my computer was working perfectly. Is there a way that I can use the CDs
To restore my system to the way it was before the crash with all my programs intact
and if yes how would I go about doing it without disrupting the new Windows installation. Can I just copy all the files from the CDs to the system save D: and then run the Restore feature or is there some other way? I would sure like to restore the programs and data that I lost. Apparently, this system save and restore feature comes only with Compaq computers and the local computer stores do not know how it works. Is there anyone there that owns a Compaq and has used the restore feature using a backup on CD disks?