Hello all i was wondering how i can take my os from my hard drive and make a bootable dvd from it. I have lost my os disk and want a backup of this. Any help would be greatly appreciated thank you in advance

u cant

the best u can probly do is an image of your pc now & just revert back to it

It actually depends on the files you actually have on your machine.

Some OEM pre-installed systems do have a \I386 directory on HD.

Check these:

http://www.msfn.org/board/Help-restore-cd-frust-t70301.html

http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=16381

It can be a long and cumbersone process, however.

jaclaz

u cant

the best u can probly do is an image of your pc now & just revert back to it

I think that's what "bradybigd" may have been referring to.

Are you trying to make a backup of your current system so it can be restored later, or just trying to make an XP installation disk?

There are several products that will allow you to create an image of your hard drive so you can restore it later, such as Norton Ghost, Acronis True Image or Image for Windows...just to name a few.