re: using IBM Recovery disk
Saturday, June 9, 2007 at 7:24 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by gewg_
(3925 messages posted)
|[...]the Recovery disk[...]
|Does it recover disc space as if it was new from the factory?
| Wanda
The name "Recovery Disk" is misleading.
What it does is DESTROY everything that happened since you got the computer:
First it wipes off the hard drive,
then it takes the computer back to the way it came from the factory.
I would think this was a **BAD** thing
as any **data** files on the computer will be erased[1]
...or don't you create documents / save email, photos, Internet Favorites,
etc.?
...*OR* did you have a *wise* guru who taught you how to back up your files?
[1] There are better, more selective ways to make hard disk space.
...and, in addition to losing your *personal* files,
any *customization* you had done to Windows/programs will have to be re-done.
This sort of "Clean Install" should be reserved
for when there are MASSIVE problems with the computer.
- Written in response to:
- using IBM Recovery disk (Wanda: Saturday, June 9, 2007 at 5:21 pm)
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