Recovery disk question

[AMD]

Hi all,

When i got my Hp Pc last year i made me a System recovery disk from some software which allowed you to make a Sytem recovery disk,Which was great because when my computer goes slow i just do a system recovery and re-install all programs and its nice and fast again.

Although the System recovery disk instals everything that was on the pc when i purchased my pc such as Norton Antivirus & Norton Firewall.

I would like to know if theres some way of creating another Recovery disk so that next time i do a system recovery it wont install any software like norton with it?

Is there some way of removing them before i write the new recovery disk?

[doctorgonzo]

The System Recovery disk puts the computer back to its factory settings, including all bundled software. There's no way to remove things like Norton that came with the computer.

However, you can use a program like Norton Ghost to make your own recovery image. Simply set up the computer as you want it, then make an image using Ghost. You can then restore from that image if anything goes wrong.

[AMD]

ooh,I didnt think there would be a way.

Although im thinking that a trial of Norton Ghost wouldnt let me fully create a System recovery disk without actualy buying it first?, so is there any free alternatives that you know of?

I dont wonna realy be buying anything

[doctorgonzo]

It's incredibly cheap on eBay, I picked it up several years ago for something like $10. You just need a version that can read NTFS, not necessarily the latest and greatest.

[AMD]

Okay thanks,

Im gonna take a look on Ebay tonight when i get back from work and hopefully theres gonna be some good deals.