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Discussion in 'Computers & Modding' started by kingofgamemasters777, Oct 22, 2008.

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  1. kingofgamemasters777

    kingofgamemasters777 Well-Known Member

    not to go too off topic but is backing up the whole c drive and restoring it the same as a system restore?
     
    kingofgamemasters777, Oct 27, 2008
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  2. ClydeOne

    ClydeOne Well-Known Member

    I Don't think so.System restore takes your computer back to a previous time to reverse any harmful changes,whereas to back-up your hard drive is just to make sure that if you loose any data on a computer
    it can be easily restored from your chosen choice of back-up method.(CD's, DVD's etc)
     
    ClydeOne, Oct 27, 2008
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  3. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    No.

    If you mean Windows System Restore, it restores Windows to the state it was at a previous point in time. This may or may not involve data loss

    If you mean a manufacturer suppplied recovery, this restores the entire hard disk to the state it was when it left the factory. this DOES invove data loss.

    A backup is a copy of data (NOT programs or operating system) on external media, kept in case something goes wrong and data loss occurs.
     
    Loonylion, Oct 27, 2008
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  4. kingofgamemasters777

    kingofgamemasters777 Well-Known Member

    yet another stuped thing

    well i did yet another stuped thing, i forgot that grub wont let me boot anything with out being able to detect ubuntu, and i just now deleted the ubuntu partition on my usb hard drive so is there any way to boot in to xp without ubuntu? will reinstalling ubuntu help. and i heard about some usb bootible mbrs do you recomend any, preferably one that wont replace the current mbr?
     
    kingofgamemasters777, Jan 27, 2009
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  5. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    get a windows XP disk and boot from it. At some point during startup it will give you the option of going into the recovery console. Choose this and log into the windows install, type 'fixmbr'. press enter and confirm when asked. Reboot and you should be able to get back into windows.
     
    Loonylion, Jan 27, 2009
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  6. kingofgamemasters777

    kingofgamemasters777 Well-Known Member

    i got an iso from the net and it did not have a fix option, it just went to install
     
    kingofgamemasters777, Jan 27, 2009
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  7. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    It's part of the install procedure, right at the beginning it will give you the option of pressing 'r' to enter the recovery console. You might have to wait for it to get past all the 'loading files' bit.
     
    Loonylion, Jan 27, 2009
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  8. kingofgamemasters777

    kingofgamemasters777 Well-Known Member

    oh ok and that will work even though its not the same copy of xp
     
    kingofgamemasters777, Jan 27, 2009
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  9. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    should do
     
    Loonylion, Jan 27, 2009
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  10. kingofgamemasters777

    kingofgamemasters777 Well-Known Member

    the recovery aint showing up on the xp disk i have so i guss i will have to try another iso, thanks
     
    kingofgamemasters777, Jan 27, 2009
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  11. Almo

    Almo Well-Known Member

    do you still have the recovery partition on your PC? if so then just hit F11 (or F10?) when you turn the PC on and it should boot recovery from there. If not then you might just have to do a complete reinstall. When I used the recovery option from my XP pro CD it just tried to recover from the recovery partition (for complete recovery) or tried to boot windows system restore which failed because I didnt have XP installed.
     
    Almo, Jan 27, 2009
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  12. kingofgamemasters777

    kingofgamemasters777 Well-Known Member

    its a school computer so i dont have that option
     
    kingofgamemasters777, Jan 27, 2009
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  13. Almo

    Almo Well-Known Member

    in that case just contact the school and plead ignorance, just say you had a power cut and it died, make them fix it lol
     
    Almo, Jan 27, 2009
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  14. kingofgamemasters777

    kingofgamemasters777 Well-Known Member

    i could, but your not sopuse to mess with there stuff like that, might get in to big truble if i dont repair it my self
     
    kingofgamemasters777, Jan 27, 2009
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  15. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    In all honesty, you shouldn't be playing with stuff like this at all if you lack the knowledge to put it right when things go wrong.
     
    Loonylion, Jan 27, 2009
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  16. kingofgamemasters777

    kingofgamemasters777 Well-Known Member

    i know sometimes i dont thank things through or i over look things, if push comes to shove i could erase the mbr (the day they com to pick it up) and say a virus did it. of coures thats if they even look at the hard drive i thank they may just wipe the drive and reinstall xp. wont need to mess around with stuff like that now because i now have my own non-limited compter.
     
    kingofgamemasters777, Jan 27, 2009
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