Re: Internet Explorer emulator?

Darrell Stec wrote:

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.

Close - but I've had the pleasure? of working with several versions lately
and the recovery partitions contain a customized version of the
installation that also includes all the crapware the OEM wants to sell you
as well as their own recovery programs. Lenovo, for example, still uses
the IBM Thinkvantage app and omits a lot of drivers for hardware not
shipped with the original machine. I usually wind up spending a while on
the net pulling drivers for old or strange stuff when I get around to
restoring something I've managed to clobber while the generic discs from MS
are a bit more complete (and have their own adware). The recovery
partition is pretty much a scripted install of the system from custom
images. Oh, and most seem to take at least 3 times as long as a fresh
install.

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Will Honea
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