Need help for make recovery CD

[zane]

I plan to buy a CDRW. But I don't know which CD writer/w/software can make recovery CD, just like a recovery CD come with Compaq computer, which can restart and reinstall OS and software automatically(because reinstalling OS and many software is really boring). I find HP9140i come with 'HP Simple Backup with Disaster Recovery'. Does anyone use it to make recovery CD? Or anyone knows how to make a recovery CD?

 

[cloudchief]

The best program to do what you want is Ghost. It sells for ~$70 full retail.
Detailed instructions can be found here under tutorials.

 

[zzzz]

everybody has opinions so here is mine.
drive image is better than ghost. For me, to copy the same data, highest compression on drive image takes 7 minutes while ghost takes something like 20 miniutes. The newest drive image has support for directlt writing to CDR's as well as to make a recovery CD, which is what you want.(The new ghost may also have these features)
oh forgot, the drive image pro 4 comes with partition magic pro which is a must-get software..