Steve Holdoway wrote: > On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:05:43 +1200 > Roger Searle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> But >> surely (I'm guessing) the laptop come with a boot disk for situations >> where the start menu entry for a restore can't be used? That may be all >> that is needed. >> > > What vendors now do is to provide you with the ability to generate these > disks on first bootup. Although this saves money, it seems that very few > people actually do this. Although Compaq used to have a hidden partition with > this stuff on, didn't they? > Not totally sure with Compaqs these days (and I lose clarity on which vendor has done what at which times). Not that long ago [1] it used to be a drivers partition but with larger hard drives now is the "full" install disk. Or so I thought (I seldom/never need to use it). So maybe Compaq leave their general customers with little option aside from paid support or knowing a geek in the situation where the customer doesn't make the disk....
To bring this back to being on topic, could be a trap to watch out for when partitioning or reinstalling, in that (k)ubuntu doesn't wipe that partition out. Roger [1] it might actually be some years now - i still FEEL like I'm 20-something...
