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Old October 24th 09, 12:14 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.hardware
Justin[_2_]
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Default CD BURNER

BUT system restore has not worked for a while and for some reason it will not
come back and i have serched for it in the system and it is like it is just
gone well i might be able to find it do you know the name of the system
restore file in the system32 folder. oohh and i am cloning the hd it only
holds 4.02GB so i was going to burn it to a cd or do you think my best bet is
to just use a flashdrive

"Mart" wrote:

No, not if you're careful and stick to my advice of setting a restore point
BEFORE you start work.

However, you WILL need to install a software "burning" utility before you
can "burn" your CD's, its not just as simple as substituting the cd drive
only. Naturally, that will add a new program to your pc and in turn will
modify your Registry - but it wouldn't (shouldn't) get you "messed up".

Once you've finished with the "temporary" cd burner, you can 'uninstall' the
software "burning" utility, which will remove the previous Registry
modifications and then replace the original cd drive. Then, unless you've
done something wrong, there would (should) be no need for you to revert back
to your original SR point - BUT there would be no harm done in doing so, if
you wanted to.

If, for any reason you do get "messed up" then System Restore is your
insurance policy. That's why MS introduced and included it in WinMe - the
first OS to use SR.

BTW - If you're still not happy, you could always 'burn' your back-up data
to a USB memory stick. Remember, a CD will only hold about 700Mb of data,
whereas a memory stick can hold many Gb's of data. And, no software utility
is necessary.

But, in your original post, you mentioned "a backup of the whole system" -
it is assumed that you mean a backup of ALL of your *data* and NOT a
complete copy (clone) of the actual Hard Drive (C: Drive).

If you really mean a copy of the C: drive, then that's a completely
different ball game and your simplest approach would be to get a second hard
drive and use the drive manufacturer's own software utilities to copy or
clone your original C: drive to your new second drive. These utilities can
be downloaded from the manufacturer's web site.

Note that none of the above approaches would (should) "mess up the system" -
if you do it properly - plus!, you've still got SR if you do go wrong.

Mart



"Justin" wrote in message
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so there is a small posibality it could get messed up

ps nothing is wrong with the cd crive i just need to use a burner

"Mart" wrote:

Without asking what is wrong with your existing "cd drive" and assuming
the
following :-

#1 :- Existing "cd drive" is a CD burner.
#2 :- Replacement "cd drive" is a CD burner.
#3 :- You have a 'burning' software utility - e.g Nero, etc.,

then all should work fine - however, just to be doubly sure (belt &
braces),
you should set a System Restore point BEFORE you start the work. That
way,
you can always replace the 'different (replacement) cd drive' with the
'original cd drive' if all goes pear-shaped and recall the previous SR
point
back to where you were before you started the work.

Mart



"Justin" wrote in message
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Would it mess up the system if i temporally put in a different cd drive
to
burn a backup of the whole system



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