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Solve : Is an ERD or ASR possible without a Floppy or USB??

Answer» Thank you for TAKING the time to read this post & answer with your best advice!!

Here are the factors to keep in mind before responding:
1.  Floppy drives are no longer common to a computer.
2.  "Recovery Disks" are the normal from companies (Which I find very irritating!)
3.  Not everyone has a USB jump drive at their disposal.

With that said, I am trying to determine 3 things:
1.  Can an ERD or ASR be created without a Floppy Drive and without a USB jump drive?
2.  Is there a Freeware program that can help create the ERD/ASR without the Floppy/USB drive?
3.  Is there a way to automate the TASK of updating your ERD or ASR so that you will always have a current copy?
(I was thinking along the lines of COPYING the necessary files to another HD or emailing the current update to a Gmail account)

I have researched the internet but keep finding links only to using Floppy Drives or USB Jump Drives.
I also keep finding links regarding ERD Commander 2000 which is expensive & not the solution I can use for friends.

Thank you again for your valuable time & appreciated advice!!Why not just buy a copy of Acronis True Image and be done with it for about $30?Thanks GX1_Man for your advice,

The reason why is because if I'm helping a friend/relative in setting up their computer for preventing disaster I don't want them to have to buy anything if at all possible.

I have a personal copy of HDclone but I can't be passing that around nor do I want everyone to call me up every time they want to update their system.

I'm trying to discover if it there is a solution that everyone can use without having to pull more money from their finances.

Thanks for taking the time to respond to my post.  Much appreciated GX1_Man!!!$30 is a small price to pay for software that will do the job Acronis does.  I believe that it's worth that price for the piece of mind that it can give.

Alan <><  
What do you think, Alan? Was that the best $30 you have spent in a while?im going to be buying it for my experiment.I tell you GX1_Man, I can't thank you ENOUGH for your thoughtful advice about Acronis (though don't think there's any cash coming your way  ).

I now have it backing up all but my server OS's and I feel pretty good and sleep BETTER night  

Alan <><


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