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I agree. Acer has something similar.
I was talking about the (complete) factory restore option. That is, the condition when you first turned the PC on.
Thanks for clarifying the point.
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For my ACER at least the factory restore/recovery partition rebuilds the whole system based on the files on that partition alone. These files know nothing about SP1 or anything else on the disk as far as I am aware.
The DVD factory restore disks are basically a copy of that partition and can be used for a new HDD as can an image of the recover partition.
Interesting.
I know two ways of moving/copying data - either through the command prompt or through the GUI. When you are in the command prompt you have to type a command, most usually with the full path of the destination. When you are using the GUI you can either cut and paste, or drag and drop.
Now, am I missing something? Are there any other (new) ways to move a file between folder A and folder B?
Yes there are, from the context menu. But that is not "new". Context Menu - Add Copy To Folder and Move To Folder
Hi there
The whole" Recovery Partition" is just a CON.
You've paid for WINDOWS when you bought you computer so IMO you should get a FULL RETAIL copy of a WINDOWS install disk or at the VERY LEAST the OEM copy.
Then buy something like ACRONIS -- you can restore to your heart's content even if your whole HDD has got trashed.
Typical W7 installations only take at the most around 20 mins to recover the whole partition.
Incidentally ALWAYS split your OS away from the data -- say have around 50 GB for the OS and partition the rest of your HDD into Data etc -- one or more partitions depending on the size of the HDD.
Cheers
jimbo
The question is how much you would be willing to pay for that. The OEMs pay MS about $40 for a Windows Home Premium that costs aroud $ 200 retail. Making DVDs for each shipped system is a lot of additional cost and a logistics nightmare. And most people will probably never use this DVD because either they have no need or they have lost it by the time they need it. Besides, reinstalling from the recovery partition is a lot more convenient.The whole" Recovery Partition" is just a CON.
You've paid for WINDOWS when you bought you computer so IMO you should get a FULL RETAIL copy of a WINDOWS install disk or at the VERY LEAST the OEM copy.
But if you call your PC manufacturer, they will ship you a DVD. I got those from Gateway and from HP - both charged $20.
Yes, you can do that as well. But I don't see how's that better (or really different) than copy and paste. And in any case, that has nothing to do with the new user folder structure in Windows 7 being "much more advanced" than simply putting data on a separate partition and organizing it there to ones personal taste.
Libraries on the other hand are not limited to C:\User\ folders. You can use any folders in Libraries. I just don't find it useful to have thousands and thousands of files on one single Explorer page. If I had 15 files scattered over different hard drives, a Library would be useful. But that's me.