Windows XP Cookbook (Cookbooks)

Recipe 19.4. Creating an ASR Disk "After the Fact"

Problem

You need an ASR disk for a system, bu t that system isn't running. You do, however, have current backup media for that system generated from an ASR-based backup and would like to create an ASR disk based on that data.

Solution

To create an ASR disk from an already existing ASR-based backup media set:

1. Insert a formatted diskette into a system running Windows XP.

2. In System Tools, start the Backup program. When the Backup and Restore Wizard is displayed, click Next.

3. Click Restore Files and Settings, and then click Next.

4. In the What to Restore dialog box, select the media that contains the ASR backup. Ensure that the media is inserted, and expand the Automated System Recovery Backup Set that corresponds to the ASR floppy disk that you want to create.

5. Expand the second instance of the drive letter that contains the system files, and then expand %systemroot%\Repair.

6. Select Asr.sif and Asrpnp.sif, and then click Next.

7. The Completing Backup or Restore Wizard screen appears. Click the Advanced button.

8. Set Restore Files to "screen Single Folder," and then set the Folder Name dialog box to the root of your floppy drive. Click Next.

After the wizard finishes processing, the ASR floppy disk is ready for use in the event of an ASR restore operation.

Discussion

When you perform an ASR backup, Windows puts the Asr.sif and Asrpnp.sif files on the backup media. In the event that you've lost the ASR disk, or that it's otherwise unavailable for the restore procedure, both the Asr.sif and Asrpnp.sif files can be extracted from the backup media and then transferred to a floppy disk to be used for an ASR operation. If you do not perform an ASR backup, these files will not exist.

See Also

MS KB 299526, "How To Re-Create a Missing Automated System Recovery Floppy Disk in Windows XP"