It used to be that when you received a new computer you also received a handful of discs that could be used to completely restore the computer to the factory default state. Many times now you don’t receive discs, unless you want to pay extra for them. All the restoration files are put in a partition on your hard drive installed on the machine.

I can understand the value of this as now you don’t have to go tracking down all those discs, unless you’ve organized them and know exactly where they are kept. Everything you need is on the hard …read more

News like this makes me want to download the Vista Beta.
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Also, Marc suggests I can setup my own test system using a partition on my harddrive. I’m wondering, could I do this with an added, external harddrive? Anyone know? Marc?