Save your Data When XP Crashes: Create the Windows XP Emergency Rescue Disk

For everything in life, there should be some sort of Disaster Management. It is wise to be prepared for any unforeseen event. This also applies to your PC running on Windows XP. There are many reasons why a Windows Operating system may fail. Some of the reasons are corrupt system files, a corrupt Hard Disk, virus, or an unusable system registry.

Be prepared to counter such an event before the disaster strikes and you lose valuable data on your PC. One option available is to backup important data regularly to some remote location. However, to access this backup, you need to be able to turn your PC on (in other words, boot your PC). Until and unless your PC can read a CD/DVD, you cannot access the backups you created.

The best method for Windows XP disaster management is to create a Windows XP Emergency Rescue Disk. The disk allows you to boot your PC, thereby permitting you to access your antivirus software, registry restore, etc. to fix the issue that led to the crash. You may even format the disk if you have the data on some remote place. Once formatted, your HDD is fresh. You can restore the data you backed up and continue working.

If you did not backup your data, you can still boot your PC using the Windows XP Emergency Rescue Disk and access your HDD. Once you access your HDD, you can use System Restore to rollback the event that led to system crash. In case you are not able to access System Restore, you can get to the last options that worked using the CD. This will get your system running without you having to lose any data on your Hard Disk. You may however, lose some programs that you can install later.