backup, restore point & ASR

[rhx852]

i have two systems with two different problems, Can anyone sugggest a reason/remedy?

1. Windows XP Pro SP2 Norton AV: Will Do an ASR bckup and creates a recovery diskette. When I try to create a restore point, Is says it's unable and to reboot. when rebooted, same problem, forever.
How to create a restore point?

2. Windows XP Home SP2 AVG antivirus: Will Do the ASR backup but DOES NOT create the recovery diskette, will create a restore point?
How to create a recovery diskette?

BTW; is the recovery diskette bootable?
Is there a better backup solution?

Thanks

 

[mechBgon]

How are you getting WinXP Home Edition to do an ASR backup? Last I knew, Home Edition had no Backup feature.

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[dunkster]

Try this: http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/image.html

'Image for DOS' is free for 30 days (fully-functional) and price is less than $20. It runs from bootable floppy or CD/DVD and includes byte-for-byte image verification.

I use this regularly for backup/restore of my OS and Data partitions to/from DVD media. I've restored my Windows OS partition numerous times without a problem. Good stuff!

Hope this helps!