I wonder if kids these days manage to get as much experience recovering a borked computer? I vaguely remember poking at autoexec.bat and config.sys files to ge

I wonder if kids these days manage to get as much experience recovering a borked computer? I vaguely remember poking at autoexec.bat and config.sys files to get games working, or to attempt to revert some screw-up when I failed to get one working. Or becoming very good at using Linux live CDs to grab personal docs/tax information/business slips... off a hard-disk before wiping it and reinstalling Windows, after a bad driver update or dodgy install of some software. The first few times, you get that icy "oh shit" feeling, but figuring out how to fix it, and that it can (almost) always be fixed, is invaluable.