Mike, Unfortunately if your disk is dead having a restore disk that provides access to the hidden partition on the dead disk doesn't do you a lot of good. :) Dell has a Keyboard shortcut that reinstalls from the hidden partition too. I use Norton Ghost on my test machines and that works great. You should get a set of disks from the manufacturer though. They don't automatically include them because the majority of users never need them.
Steve Mike Hungerford wrote: > On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 8:31 PM, Steve Stamm <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Mike, >> >> >>opportunity to burn a "recovery disc" DVD. >> >> Wow. I think I'd make sure not to buy a computer that has those >> stipulations. Sounds like they are charging you an arm and a leg for >> something you aren't getting. Without the disks if you change the >> configuration of your machine significantly by adding hardware >> accelerated graphics hardware or add a Raid array for example you might >> not be able to load your OS. With a laptop you might not really run into >> that problem but with desktops... I have recovery disks for my laptop, >> I'll have to try to load them on a VM. That would be interesting. Have >> you ever tried it? >> >> Steve >> > > Steve, > > As Mandy said, it's the license for the OS that you pay for; they're > not required to provide a backup or original copy. I haven't been able > to do anything with the recovery discs; they mainly allow the machine > access to the locked "recovery partition" on the hard drive, where all > the good stuff is actuall stored. And no, I haven't figured out how to > get into those folders and files, either. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.11.54/2055 - Release Date: 04/12/09 > 13:14:00 > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Papermodels?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
