Re: hp recovery dvd

You've done a nice job advising people to make backups. I do the same when I
deal with clients locally, and manage to sell both hardware and services to
train people to do backups of DATA. The cost of backing up an entire system
including OS software and drivers is usually beyond what people want to spend.
So I take the approach that computer owners have to treat the OS restore CD and
other CDs delivered with the system as valuable, keeping them safe and secure
until needed.

The modern trend is to deliver computers without the necessary CDs to restore a
system to its original as-delivered factory state. This leaves people in a
quandry as to what they need to do. Best thing is to ring up the manufacturer
and ask for (pay for, if necessary, but only a smallish amount) the CDs.

Some people, no matter what one tells them, do not take the necessary
precautions to secure valuable software and data. I see many of them, when
someone brings in a failed computer and asks me to get it running again. And,
oh, yes, they threw out the CDs that came with the system. Fortunately, I can
find drivers for just about any computer worth fixing, but companies like HP
sure do not make the process easy.

You may think that I am whining. I am simply stating facts. People can deal
with the facts once they have them.

I think we are both on the same side, advocating better use of computers. We
just see things differently... Ben Myers

On 26 Dec 2005 11:25:40 GMT, Frank Slootweg <this@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>ben_myers_spam_me_not wrote:
>> I forgot to mention that in addition to a Windows XP Home or Pro CD,
>> one also needs the drivers for all the chipsets in the computer.
>> There is no clear bet that the required chipsets will be on an XP CD,
>> which was mastered back in 2001 or 2002 whilst the computer was
>> designed and built after.
>>
>> HP generally does a worse than 3rd rate job of providing drivers
>> on-line for its computers (Pavilions and Presarios), but the drivers
>> can be found elsewhere. If the computer has an Intel processor, then
>> it invariably needs Intel motherboard drivers, possibly an Intel
>> Extreme Graphics drivers, and usually an Intel 10/100 Pro Ethernet
>> driver. Modem and audio drivers are also chipset specific.
>>
>> ... Ben Myers
>
> Isn't it a tad hard to get drivers on-line when your system is down?
>
> In order to get drivers on-line (when their system is down) they need
>help from *other* people (with things like CD-burners).
>
> Instead of waiting for disaster to strike, these people *could* make a
>thing called "backup" (and *you* could advise them to do so). Then they
>wouldn't have these problems in the first place and you wouldn't 'have'
>to whine about 'missing' software all the time.
>

.

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