ASR may refer to any of the following:

  1. Short for automated system recovery, ASR is a feature first found in Microsoft Windows XP that helps backup your system. To start the ASR, open the Windows backup utility by following the steps below.
  • Click Start and then Accessories.
  • Click System Tools.
  • Click Backup.
  • In the Backup utility, click the option to show Advanced Mode.
  • Click the Automated System Recovery Wizard button.

When running the Wizard, you need to insert a floppy diskette into the computer to back up the recovery files.

  1. ASR is also short for automatic speech recognition.

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