From: R. P. on
"mike" <spamme9(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> This won't help you, but might help the next person.
> The absolute FIRST thing you should do with any new
> (or used) computer
> is to save images of ALL the disk partitions.
> Programs like Acronis or Ghost will let you do this from
> a bootable CD without installing anything on your system.
>
> That way, when you accidentally blow away the program that
> makes the recovery disks, you can recover.

Easier said than done with today's high capacity PCs that would require
an even higher capacity external drive. I have a 750 GB USB/Firewire 800
drive on order right now that should arrive next week. Then I can back
up several generations of the laptop's HD image. Right now I don't have
anything that big to use.

Rudy