On Thu, 14 Apr 2005, Chris Reeves wrote:
Hmm. That's what I was wondering. We picked up4 IBM Thinkpad Micros (the little 3lb suckers) recently, and they came with no media, just a "restore" partition. Hell yes, I'd use other media in that case.. or, if you need to just do a repair install, E-Machines, Dell, HP's "System Restore" discs don't help a lot as you don't want to just format your harddrive.
I'm not sure this lives within the spirit of their DOJ settlement.
IBM has a program where you can order restore disks for the laptops. Also, I believe that the restore partition has the ability to create restore disks? Not positive on that though.
Christopher Fisk -- BOFH Excuse #149: Dew on the telephone lines.
