Recovery Media Creator Using Gateway System Recovery Windows XP

Recovery Media Creation is a one time process used to create backup media in the event the recovery partition on the hard drive becomes damaged or the hard drive fails. The media created during this process should be labeled and stored in a safe place.

Note: Currently only CD-R discs can be burned using the Recovery CD/DVD Creator.

  1. One minute after completing the Out Of Box Experience (OOBE), you are prompted to create recovery media. If you select Remind me later, you are prompted every 24 hours and every time the computer is restarted.
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    If you wish to start the process yourself, you can. From the Start menu, point to All Programs, System Recovery, and then click Recovery Media Creator.

    Note: If Recovery Media Creator is not listed, from the Start menu, click Run. In the Run dialog box, type: C:\WINDOWS\CREATOR\CD Creator.exe. Click OK.

  2. In the Recovery CD/DVD Creator window, click Start Creation.
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    Note: If the Recovery Media Creator has already made backup recovery CDs, it no longer works. Only one set of backup recovery CDs can be made.
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  3. The next screen varies, depending on what kind of media burner drive is installed in the computer.

    • If the computer has a CD burner drive, in the Recovery CD/DVD Creator window, click Yes.

      Note: The number of blank CDs required varies from system to system.
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    • If the computer has a DVD burner drive, in the Recovery CD/DVD Creator window select Number of CDs required:, and then click OK.
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  4. The Recovery CD/DVD Creator lists the files to backup.
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  5. At the Recovery CD/DVD Creator window, label a blank CD-R disk as outlined, and then insert the disc into the optical drive. Click OK.

    Note: Currently only CD-R discs can be burned using the Recovery CD/DVD Creator. If there is a CD-R disc in the drive, there will not be a prompt to insert a blank CD-R disc.
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  6. The Recovery CD/DVD Creator writes the files to the CD-R media.
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  7. The Recovery CD/DVD Creator runs a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) on the CD to verify that it burned properly.
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    Note: If the CD does not burn properly, a prompt to re-burn the CD displays.
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  8. The Recovery CD/DVD Creator lists the files to backup for the next CD. The process of listing the files to backup, prompting the user to insert a blank CD-R disk, writing the files to the CD-R, and running a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) on the CD occurs for each CD in the CD set until all CDs have been successfully made. The number of CDs created varies from computer to computer.
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  9. Once all CDs in the CD set have been successfully made, in the Recovery CD/DVD Creator window click OK.
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