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| Thread ID: 19878 | 2002-05-24 12:42:00 | Those restore cds. | Guest (0) | Press F1 |
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| 50590 | 2002-05-24 12:42:00 | Hello...Read about the system restore CDs that are supplied with some computers and they seem like a good idea to me...are they? I would like to know which computers come complete with a restore disc and any comments from users would be appreciated. K. | Guest (0) | ||
| 50591 | 2002-05-24 12:57:00 | Compaq and HP have them to my knowledge, plus Toshiba. Probably others as well (of course Compaq and HP are both owned by HP now anyway..) They work ok, have needed to use them once. Can be problems if you upgrade key items though, wouldnt guarantee a restore. Certainly wouldnt work on my pcs now as OS has been upgraded to XP. I would rather have the full version of the OS though, no drivers are the same after a while if you maintain your system. They wont restore your data either of course. |
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| 50592 | 2002-05-24 14:28:00 | I would sooner have the OS installation disks and a disk with the drivers etc on it as too often the restore disk will be problematic because of changed drivers etc. The restore disk are in such a format that you can't just retrieve the driver or whatever from them. | Guest (0) | ||
| 50593 | 2002-05-25 04:19:00 | Just thought I'd add my 2 bob's worth. HP restore disks usually contain bundled software such as HP tour guide, Works & antvirus programs that that go out of date quickly. A pavilion I used to own used about 900mb with a clean install from restore disk & standard rum of the mill win98 uses about 250mb. Personally I would go for something that doesn't use restore disks so you can at least have some control over whats installed. Cheers Steve |
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| 50594 | 2002-05-25 04:39:00 | They're better than nothing. It's partly MS trying to stop people getting what they've paid for -- a full version of the OS. But for *most* people they're probably better than a complete set of disks for each piece of hardware and an OS, which is what technically oriented people would prefer. It can restore a computer to a working state without any knowledge needed. Some manufacturers (HP used to be bad at this) add their own bells and whistles to the OS. Compaq used to put a 'user friendly' frontend onto Windows (And gave you ONE chance to back up the installation software (including Windows) onto floppies). |
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