Recovery cds for win vista.

[catkoot]

Bought  two 2 PCs  "Acer aspire M1202 win vista"  . Do I have to make a system recovery cd ( 4 DVDs) for each PC or one set is good for both?

[Allan]

If the hardware is identical you can get away with one, but I strongly urge you to use disk imaging software on each system on a regular basis. You can save the images to cd or, as I do, to separate hd's.

[catkoot]

They are identical  PC. So i guess i can get away with one !
What is the best software to make a disk imaging ?

[Allan]

I'm a big fan of Acronis True Image, but it isn't free. There are a number of excellent free alternatives though: http://www.thefreecountry.com/utilities/backupandimage.shtml

[catkoot]

Thanks 

[Allan]

Sure.

[Salmon Trout]

Some makers register the recovery image created to the BIOS ID, so until I knew for sure that Acer don't do this, I would make a set for each machine and clearly mark the disks to avoid confusion.

[Broni]

If the hardware is identical you can get away with one

I just don't know, so I'm asking...are you sure?
Won't recovery CD register some mobo tattoo, or anything else, very particular for just that computer?

[Salmon Trout]

I just don't know, so I'm asking...are you sure?
Won't recovery CD register some mobo tattoo, or anything else, very particular for just that computer?

This is what I said.

[Broni]

I'm sorry Dias, but I didn't see you reply, when I posted
Happy Thanksgiving

[Salmon Trout]

I'm sorry Dias, but I didn't see you reply, when I posted
Happy Thanksgiving

Same to you. We need to see if Acer do in fact tie the restore disks to the hardware...

[catkoot]

Thanks for all the inputs . The good news I just tried the recovery dvd i made from the first PC on my second pc and it did work perfect .

[Broni]

Thanks for posting back. It's good to know

[patio]

Thanks for all the inputs . The good news I just tried the recovery dvd i made from the first PC on my second pc and it did work perfect .

I'd say you got lucky...