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Windows xp pro install disk


chameau

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After a recent hardware failure (could not determin if it was the hard drive or the motherboard? but system was crashing into a memory dump and then re-starting), I purchased a new computer and cloned the C drive onto the new drive. However because of very different hardware, I had to do a 'repair install' of windows. Thats when I discovered that I don't have the original disk? (I do have a legitimate license key). I borrow an install disk of the shop I originally boght the computer from and managed to fix my problem.

As windows xp is no longer available to purchase, I would like to make a PERFECT copy of the disk I borrowed so that in the future if I need to re-install windows, I have a copy.

My question is: can ImgBurn do a completly identical copy of a windows xp pro sp3 disk? (from reading various posts it needs to be a 'raw sector by sector' copy that will include hiden files etc..

Also what medium should it be? CD-r or CD+r?

 

Thanks

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So its as simple as that? Just copy to hard drive, then burn to disk? And I can use the created CD to do (for example) a 'repaire-install' of windows if I screw up my system? No need to extract boot files or anything like that? Great!

 

Last time I re-installed windows, I had app 150 security updates to add (including IE8) any way to include some or all of those files into the copied CD?

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