Re: ASR in XP Home?

From: Roger Abell (mvpNOSpam_at_asu.edu)
Date: 03/17/04


Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 07:26:14 -0700

I am not an MS person, but I will take a poke at your two ??s

Why was ASR excluded from Home edition?
Probably because ASR is most useful in a multi-machine
server environment where the ASR backs up to a remote,
and this is not the 80% target market for Home edition.
Also, they had to come up with some things to leave out in
order to justify the two editions and their price difference.

Is there a way to get ASR ?
Obviously the supported way is to upgrade to Pro edition.

-- 
Roger Abell
Microsoft MVP (Windows Server System: Security)
MCSE (W2k3,W2k,Nt4)  MCDBA
"Mike Donnelly" <mikedonREMOVETHIS@mc.net> wrote in message
news:Xns94AF52E27DE67mikedonmcnet@199.171.54.213...
> Microsoft folks,
>
> Is there some good reason that XP Home edition does not have ASR
> capability?
>
> Is there any patch/update available that would add the ASR
> feature?
>
> Thanks again for listening to my rants about backups and such.
>
> -- 
> Mike Donnelly


Relevant Pages

  • Re: Emergency system restore
    ... this - ASR - is not supported ... When you attempt to use the ASR Wizard on Windows ... XP Home Edition, ... create a backup set with ASR. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics)
  • Re: I found the files........
    ... Go ahead and install, that message is just telling you that ASR (Automated ... System Recovery) is not supported in XP Home Edition. ... Backup to CDRW ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin)
  • Re: ASR in XP Home?
    ... Windows XP Home Edition. ... Edition users can access the ASR Wizard if they install the ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin)
  • Re: Files for recoverydisk could not be created. Operation aborted
    ... If you read the MSKB article, ASR *can* function in XP Home: ... This behavior can occur because ASR is not supported in Windows XP Home Edition. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers)

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