On Mon, 07 Nov 2005 00:44:38 +0000 Wayne Stallwood ALUGlist@digimatic.plus.com wrote:
- This has always amazed me, First we had the situation where almost
nothing comes with a real OS installation disk any more, only those factory recovery disks. Now we get machines that come with no disks at all, what is the point I ask in providing a restore image on the same drive whose failure is the most common reason to need said image.
Is it? Maybe hard disk failure is the most common reason to re-install Linux but for Windows I'm sure restoring Windows to its initial configuration is normally done because various pieces of software, some installed deliberately and some not, have finally got it to a completly unusable state.
I think the manufactuers figure that if the hard disk fails the machine will be returned to a repair shop who will also have the install disks but, as you say, it is a pity they don't spend the 10p and have an install disk that would mean a technically capable owner can just order a new disk and restore his own machine.
Steve.