about one of my programs in Vista

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Hi,
Recently I bought a new computer that has Works 9 on it. I got no
installation disks with it. If my machine crashes I would have no way to
install it again. Is there a way I can make installation disks for myself?

Thanks for your help
Barb
 
No, ask your PC provider where the disks are, or do you have to purchase
backup disks from them (inc Vista) at an extra cost
 
it is a Hewlett Packard laptop and I bought it at Best Buy. No program
disks come with any of the programs that came with the computer. They are
full programs and have a license. I will contact Hewlett Packard then.
Thanks
 
Hi,

No, it is probably part of the factory restore image the manufacturer
provides. A manufacturer must provide some means of recoverying the system
in the event of an operating system failure. Most provide and image recovery
method that is available by hitting an "F" key at boot up. This returns the
system to a factory install, data would need to be recovered from backups,
and programs not included in the image would need to be reinstalled from
their original installation media.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

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BJ said:
Hi,
Recently I bought a new computer that has Works 9 on it. I got no
installation disks with it. If my machine crashes I would have no way to
install it again. Is there a way I can make installation disks for myself?

Thanks for your help
Barb
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The computer manufacturer will have provided a means of restoring your
computer to its original, ex-factory state. Consult the documentation
that came with the computer.


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killed a great many philosophers.
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I have restore disks and also I think a partition on the hard drive that is
some sort of back up. It will take me back to the original install. But to
do that I would lose everything else on the computer I would think. I wish
they would go back to giving you installation disks.
 
Hi,

Preinstalled systems have rarely come with regular installation disks, at
least not since the early 90's. Since Win95 most have had image disks that
just do a destructive wipe and reload. The current crop of machines more
commonly just have the recovery volume now, which is useless in the event of
a hard drive failure.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
Vote for my shoe: http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
 
Rick said:
Hi,

Preinstalled systems have rarely come with regular installation disks,
at least not since the early 90's. Since Win95 most have had image disks
that just do a destructive wipe and reload. The current crop of machines
more commonly just have the recovery volume now, which is useless in the
event of a hard drive failure.
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Not true Rick, at least not in the case of HP. An app in preinstalled
that allows the user to burn a recovery DVD from the recovery partition.
This is the first thing to do after getting your new machine home. HP
specifically allows the consumer to do this one time only.

Dave T.
 
The HP laptops generally have at least a "onetime" capability to generate a
system backup.
There is also usually a "restore" capabilitythat "bricks" the laptop
software, returning it to an out of the box software configuration.
You probably need to think about getting something like Acronis, a 3d party
backup program.
(I gave up on Norton's "Ghost" a long time ago!)
 
And if the process fails for almost any reason, the user is "SOL", thanks to
the one time only limitation.
"HP specifically allows the consumer to do this one time only."
 
Thank you all for your comments. I think I should be thinking about a 3rd
party backup program.
Sounds like a safe solution and a way to get everything back if I crash.
Barb
 
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