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> OEMs supplied OS installation media or the user can provide their own operating system I haven't received install media of any kind from an OEM in over a dec
by giantrobot 5y ago
> OEMs supplied OS installation media or the user can provide their own operating system
I haven't received install media of any kind from an OEM in over a decade. Commonly they're using a hidden disk partition to reinstall the OS. This can just as easily be compromised as the boot partition. So "just reinstall" skips a number of laborious or impractical steps.