[SpamCop-Social] Re: Windows Vista

[Chris Wright]

Sylvesterthekat wrote:
> Kenneth Brody <kenbrody at spamcop.net> wrote in
> news:4475E1B2.E8ED341C at spamcop.net: 
> 
>   
>> We've used the restore disk from one Brand X model Y computer to
>> restore another Brand X model Y computer.  I don't know if it would
>> work for a Brand X model Z computer, however.
>>
> 
> Have you tried to use it when replacing a hard drive in the same computer?

That all depends on the type of images that the PC manufactuter uses.
If it relies upon the diagnostic partition that exists on the HDD, then 
you are pretty much stuffed.  So if the HDD fails completely, then you 
either have to mess around getting a copy of ImageGhost or similar in 
order to pull the image off the disks onto the new drive.

But not all image disks are like that, and the Sony VAIO PCV RX10C I 
have in front of me is one example. I swapped out the internal 80G drive 
for 2 x 300Gig Drives and re-imaged the system with no problem.
(I've since deleted the hidden partition ditched the Sony Image and 
installed XP Prof and a *nix OS)