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    I wanted to try out the recovery cd so I went to the software folder on my WHS. I was prompted to go to http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=104683

    When I go there I download the restorecd.msi. I run the MSI and it wants to install the dual boot recovery cd on my machine. This gave me pause because I'm not sure why I need to install the recovery CD just to burn a recovery CD.

    Could someone give me a brief fairly simple explanation as to why the recovery CD download needs to install something on my computer? I was expecting a simple iso file that i could use to burn a CD

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    Wednesday, June 9, 2010 3:10 PM

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    You need to "install" it to unpack it. Then you'll burn the disk image (.iso) you'll get to a CD, using your software of choice.
    I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)
    • Proposed as answer by kariya21Moderator Thursday, June 10, 2010 4:20 AM
    • Marked as answer by MyAvatar Thursday, June 10, 2010 4:17 PM
    Wednesday, June 9, 2010 3:16 PM
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    You need to "install" it to unpack it. Then you'll burn the disk image (.iso) you'll get to a CD, using your software of choice.
    I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)
    • Proposed as answer by kariya21Moderator Thursday, June 10, 2010 4:20 AM
    • Marked as answer by MyAvatar Thursday, June 10, 2010 4:17 PM
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    Thanks Ken, I did that and I burned the CD, I'll test it out later.

    But as I suspected when I go to add remove programs on my computer there is a listing for "Windows Home Server Home Computer Restore CD (Dual Boot).  It seems like it would have been easier just giving me a link to an ISO rather than having me install something into my computer just to burn the image onto a CD.

    Is the restore CD possibly tailored to the specific machine that I use to burn it? 

     

    Thanks

     

    Wednesday, June 9, 2010 7:54 PM
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    Thanks Ken, I did that and I burned the CD, I'll test it out later.

    But as I suspected when I go to add remove programs on my computer there is a listing for "Windows Home Server Home Computer Restore CD (Dual Boot).  It seems like it would have been easier just giving me a link to an ISO rather than having me install something into my computer just to burn the image onto a CD.

    Is the restore CD possibly tailored to the specific machine that I use to burn it? 

    Thanks

    No.
    Thursday, June 10, 2010 4:20 AM
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