Is ASR and System Restore the same?
I have Windows XP Home and want to add the backup feature, so I can backup before installing SP2. In the documenation regarding installing the backup feature, it says that automated system recovery will not work. So, I was just wondering if this is the same as system restore. Thanks for any help you can give me.
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here's some good info on ASR. System restore and ASR are different.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;818903&Product=winxp
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/asr.mspx
http://windows.about.com/library/weekly/aa020120a.htm
It looks like ASR wasn't included in XP Home, but according to this quote you can install it:
"If you have Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition, you will easily be able to find the Backup Utility by clicking Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> Backup. However, if you are using Windows XP Home Edition, your search for a backup utility under System Tools will be fruitless. Although Microsoft originally planned to include the Backup Utility in the Home Edition as well as the Professional Edition, they removed it, for reasons known to themselves, from the final version that you can buy today.
While this may be a frustrating development for many, fear not! You, as a reader of the About.com Focus on Windows site, are one of The Elite, The Astute, and you will be shown the secret necessary to be able to install and use the same Backup Utility that is available to XP Professional users. Hidden deep in the recesses of the Windows XP Home Edition CD lies the actual installation program that you need to put the Backup Utility on your computer. Simply insert the XP CD, and run NTBACKUP.MSI (it might look like just "Ntbackup") program from the folder D:\Valueadd\msft\ntbackup where D: is the letter of your CD drive. This will launch the Windows Backup Utility Installation Wizard, which will install the utility automatically. When it is finished, click "Finish." It's that easy!
Now you can click Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> Backup, and the Backup Utility will start. One of the things that you may note is the presence of the Automated System Recovery Wizard which was mentioned in Part 1 of this feature. While you can try to use this Wizard with the Home Edition of XP, the results can be unpredictable, and the disks created with this Wizard in XP Home are unreliable. Microsoft notes and acknowledges this in KB Article Q302700."
I've read most of that information before. I guess what I'm trying to figure out, is if I install the backup utility on xp home, can I still use system restore (it says ASR may or may not work.)?
Scarlet