Re: Internet Explorer emulator?

Aleks A.-Lessmann wrote:

On Tue, 06 May 2008 21:03:12 -0400, Darrell Stec wrote:
houghi wrote:
The first one I do not remember wether it was pre-installed or not. The
last one did. No idea how a recovery works as I never ran Windows on it
and trew away the CD that came with it.
And that is the key. New computers that I am talking about do not come
with
a CD. They have a BIOS option that formats the hard drive and copies an
image onto it from a recovery partition often hidden but not always.

First of all, that is wrong. Many companies allow you to get a full
OS-CD with your system at a low cost (Dell IIRC 5 EUR).


Most companies (and Dell is the exception and newest kid on the block with
Recovery partitions) have a disk image of not just the Windows operating
system but also all the applications and drivers that original came on the
computer.

And since I've helped quite a few people order such disks, I know for a fact
the price is not nominal unless of course one considers $200 to $300
nominal And the replacement disks you will get is an exact copy of the
backup disks one should have made in the first place, i.e. the full backup
of the recover partition complete with OS, applications and drivers, a
mirror image of the original hard drive. You don't get the independent
disks for windows.

And even if not, which part of
On Wed, 7 May 2008 01:43:16 +0200, houghi wrote:
Also it is prossible to burn your own recovery CD or DVD and if you did
not do that, there are processes in place that will let the company send
you them. However there are strict rules that need to be applied because

escapes you? You CAN burn your own recovery medium. Which according to
what I've heard is difficult to impossible on Dells but easier on
systems of other vendors. And Dell offers you a Recovery CD anyway.


That is what I wrote. You are supposed to back up the recover partition
right after you first plug the computer in. The recovery partition is a
mirror image of the hard drive albeit in compressed format. It is invoked
via a BIOS routine at boot time should you press the proper function key.


Oh, and BTW. You do not need to delete the recovery partition on your
computers drive when you install Linux, and you can even run a lot of
Linux distros from a life installation to test if everything works as
you want before you even delete the windows partitions of your comp.


I know that. Which is why I suggested that one one the posters remarks to
delete D: and E: that with some Vista systems, it is not a good idea. You
seem to be reading the exact opposite of what I wrote.

You have a lot of choices - nowadays you can even buy computers from
renowned vendors with a preinstalled Distro of Linux on them, and buy a
cheap windows licence to install on your Virtual Machine.

So, other than you ignorance about Virtual Machines, which could be
solved if you'd read what houghi and others write, I don't see a
problem.


You created a problem by misreading what I wrote. As to your suggestion
about a cheap windows license, I don't know of a retail store here that
offers them. In fact walking into any Best Buy, Circuit City, Staples, or
Office Max and you will be hard pressed to find any Linux machines in them.
Worse than that, in those stores even with all the various flavors of
Windows Vista and WinXP out there, your choices will be Vista Home Premium,
Vista Home Premium, Vista Home Premium or Vista Home Premium. Most people
in the US buy their computers from those stores or from Dell. And I would
say the same applies to small businesses too.


Aleks

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