Rescue Discs in Windows XP

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#1

I installed Comodo Backup on Windows 7 and, after a few downloads, was able to create rescue discs. However, when I installed it on my wife’s computer running Windows XP, then spent several hours doing the downloads for the required components, the AIK it pointed me to is for Windows 7 only, and I can’t find an Automated Installation Kit for Windows XP, and Comodo Backup won’t make the rescue discs without it. The AIK for Windoes 7 won’t install in XP, naturally. I can’t even create an ISO because even that requires the AIK. So I have two questions:

  1. Would the rescue discs I made on my Windows 7 machine work? Seems unlikely, but just in case.
  2. Is there some other way to get the rescue disc made, or is XP just S.O.L.?

There’s not a lot of point in having a full system backup if you have no way to restore it if your system has crashed, after all.

Incidentally, the help files don’t even mention the rescue discs option.

#2

good question as i would like to know this also as one of my pc’s are xp.using macrium reflect free because it has rescue disk.

#3

Yes, they will work.

You can install AIK on XP, as you can see in the list of supported operating systems here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=10333
Do you get an error when you try to install it?

Thanks

#4

Comodo Backup sends you to the Windows 7 version’s page, but yes, I did find that page before I posted.

Try downloading from that page. This is the error I get, on any computer I try it on, both on XP and a Windows 7 computer: “This version of the Windows Genuine Advantage validation tool is no longer supported.” I searched on that error message but there’s nothing very helpful to be found.

I found a questionable copy of it here:

It’s not entirely clear to me if it’s the same thing and if it’s legitimate. Nevertheless, I downloaded it and burned it to a disk, but the resulting disk gave me errors trying to read it.

I suppose it couldn’t hurt to try that again in case it was just a bad burn.