On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 1:39 PM, John Cook <[email protected]> wrote: > Except for the fact that these recovery disks are vendor specific > complete with drivers and diag tools so MS providing replacement > discs would not be in their best interests - you'd need to order them > from Dell, HP, etc....
Dell's "recovery CD" is a vanilla Windows install disc. At least, that's the way it is with XP. The only thing that's on the CD that isn't on the Microsoft original are the OEMBIOS files which allow activation without entering the Product Key. HP, on the other hand, will only provide a "restore disc set" which re-installs all their shovelware that you can't uninstall, has security problems, causes stability problems, monitors your usage by default, etc. So certainly that's the case sometimes. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
