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On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 14:46:25 -0400, Mike Edenfield wrote: |
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> > What would you have done if the hard drive had failed? |
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> > I always image the windows disk and then wipe it, but I'm aware that |
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> > this is not completely reliable. some failures make restoration |
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> > impossible. |
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> If the hard drive failed to the point that I couldn't |
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> restore it to factory defaults I suspect they would have a |
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> hard time telling if I was running Windows or not :) |
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In that case, true. But there are other failures that would not affect |
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the hard drive directly but would prevent you restoring it (without |
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removing the drive which may invalidate the warranty). |
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I'm not saying don't do it, I do it myself, but it is not a certain way |
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of avoiding warranty problems. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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How do I set my laser printer to stun? |
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