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Well I bloody hate it when you go round to fix your uncle's PC and then ask for the recovery CD and there isn't one because MS didn't want him to have one. Go C

Well I bloody hate it when you go round to fix your uncle's PC and then ask for the recovery CD and there isn't one because MS didn't want him to have one. Go Comet!

sigzero 15y ago
There is generally a way to burn your own if you want them. That would be your Uncle's fault and not Microsofts. I am not an MS fan either. While I understand what Comet is saying to try and defend themselves, they cannot in this in this case.
- chalst 15y ago
  MS have frequently insinuated that rescue disks are not clearly within the shrinkwrap TOS. For example, from Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_live_CDs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_live_CDs: > Microsoft representatives have described third-party efforts at producing Windows-based Live CDs as “improperly licensed” uses of Windows, unless you use it solely to rescue your own, properly licensed Installation. However, Nu2 Productions believes the use of BartPE is legal provided that one Windows license is purchased for each BartPE CD, and the Windows license is used for nothing else.[http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/licensing/ http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/licensing/] I hope that Comet wins this one. What Comet was doing I think, in essence, follows the intuition that Nu2 gave. In any case, pushing back against these kinds of IP restrictions is basically a win for our freedom to tinker.
  - cooldeal 15y ago
    >MS have frequently insinuated that rescue disks are not clearly within the shrinkwrap TOS BartPE is a live environment, not a restore disk by any means.
cooldeal 15y ago
>because MS didn't want him to have one I thought the PC manufacturers were the ones that used to give out recovery discs and not MS?
- mjhall 15y ago
  They were, but my most recent experience has been that Windows will offer to make one for you on the first boot of a new machine.

Well I bloody hate it when you go round to fix your uncle's PC and then ask for the recovery CD and there isn't one because MS didn't want him to have one. Go Comet!

sigzero 15y ago

There is generally a way to burn your own if you want them. That would be your Uncle's fault and not Microsofts. I am not an MS fan either. While I understand what Comet is saying to try and defend themselves, they cannot in this in this case.

chalst 15y ago
MS have frequently insinuated that rescue disks are not clearly within the shrinkwrap TOS. For example, from Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_live_CDs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_live_CDs: > Microsoft representatives have described third-party efforts at producing Windows-based Live CDs as “improperly licensed” uses of Windows, unless you use it solely to rescue your own, properly licensed Installation. However, Nu2 Productions believes the use of BartPE is legal provided that one Windows license is purchased for each BartPE CD, and the Windows license is used for nothing else.[http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/licensing/ http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/licensing/] I hope that Comet wins this one. What Comet was doing I think, in essence, follows the intuition that Nu2 gave. In any case, pushing back against these kinds of IP restrictions is basically a win for our freedom to tinker.
- cooldeal 15y ago
  >MS have frequently insinuated that rescue disks are not clearly within the shrinkwrap TOS BartPE is a live environment, not a restore disk by any means.

cooldeal 15y ago

>because MS didn't want him to have one I thought the PC manufacturers were the ones that used to give out recovery discs and not MS?

mjhall 15y ago
They were, but my most recent experience has been that Windows will offer to make one for you on the first boot of a new machine.