Re: HP Recovery Disc Set creation

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R. P. typed on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:59:41 -0700:
Last month I bought an HP laptop at OfficeDepot which , after
successfully removing a bunch of preinstalled junkware, has been
working fine. With that clean-up behind me, I decided to burn a set
of recovery discs. To my surprise, the operation was refused with the
error message that such disc set had already been created and only
one set was allowed. The funny thing is that this was the first time
I tried to create the recovery set.

I then promptly mailed a complaint to HP's tech support which to my
surprise replied within only a couple hours, suggesting to update the
Restore Manager from their web site and then I should try to create
the disc set again. Well, I did just that but I still could not
create the disc set for the same reason. When told, HP Tech Support
promised to ship me the recovery disc set ASAP. Assuming I actually
will get it, I will end up again with a set that includes all the
preinstalled junkware that I would have to get rid off again if I
ever need to restore my system from those discs. So I hope I won't.

Has any of you been through the same thing, not being able to create
the recovery disc set?

Rudy

Yes I don't think too much of recovery CD/DVD discs anyway. As all they do is to put the same junk as what you got when you first got the computer anyway. What I would do instead of worrying about the recovery disc is to backup your hard drive instead. And go that route. As that is so much better of an idea anyway. The recovery disc is a big plus though if you ever wanted to sell it someday.

I have noticed that those recovery discs anyway don't always come with the right drivers or software that came with your laptop anyway. For example, my Gateway MX6124 ('06), I got a message that don't use my recovery DVD because it can harm my computer. And they would send out a replacement. Well that never happened and I did put in another hard drive in just as a test to see what that recovery disc would do anyway. Well it just locks up the computer during the install. So it is completely useless.

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Bill

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