Vista question(s)

[Zeb]

Just a thought Dave...it being a Sunday morning 'n' all......what difference does it make what letter these things are? I hadn't even noticed on mine and I have been using Vista for a year now....

[uk_dave&gill]

Originally Posted by Zeb

Just a thought Dave...it being a Sunday morning 'n' all......what difference does it make what letter these things are? I hadn't even noticed on mine and I have been using Vista for a year now....

Yup, tbh that's an issue I'm not bothered about, and I'm also pretty sure you can change the drive letters anyway - well, you could on XP! ;-)

[Zeb]

Originally Posted by uk_dave&gill

Yup, tbh that's an issue I'm not bothered about, and I'm also pretty sure you can change the drive letters anyway - well, you could on XP! ;-)

Just discovered...my DVD drive doesn't even show up! I know it works though....

[JamesP]

Originally Posted by uk_dave&gill

Yup, tbh that's an issue I'm not bothered about, and I'm also pretty sure you can change the drive letters anyway - well, you could on XP! ;-)

Out of interest, when you click

Start (windows logo)
Control Panel
Administrative Tools
Computer management
Storage
Disk Management

What is 'D' listed as ?

[Raistlin]

Originally Posted by uk_dave&gill

I'm also pretty sure you can change the drive letters anyway - well, you could on XP! ;-)

Yes, you can

I should be asking your supplier what they are going to do about re-installing your OS if they haven't provided anything.

[JamesP]

Originally Posted by Raistlin

Yes, you can

I should be asking your supplier what they are going to do about re-installing your OS if they haven't provided anything.

I think he may have a hidden Rescue Drive.

[Raistlin]

Originally Posted by TrippleSix

I think he may have a hidden Rescue Drive.

Yes. Probably right. I assumed not because Dave didn't mention it. Not the ideal solution though Lose the HDD and you've lost the lot.

In addition, and this is probably just me being pernickety, but how do these suppliers justify taking up part of the HDD space their customer pays for as a means of saving a few pence on producing a recovery DVD?

Rip-off Britain at its best again

When I supply a PC, the customer gets a recovery image disk plus the OEM OS disk and any driver disks associated with the hardware installed. That is to say, everything he PAID for.

[uk_dave&gill]

Originally Posted by TrippleSix

Out of interest, when you click

Start (windows logo)
Control Panel
Administrative Tools
Computer management
Storage
Disk Management

What is 'D' listed as ?

It's not listed! I have a "Healthy EISA" (that's good news!) C, E and F...

[uk_dave&gill]

Looking at the handbook, it would seem that I do have a hidden rescue drive. As said above, not a lot of use if the HDD expires... And, also as said, shouldn't I be entitled to the discs rather than wasting drive space?!

[smcaul]

The first thing you should do with any new branded PC/laptop is burn a backup DVD. Most will have a program that needs to be run to do this. Ideally the manufacturer should do this, but no doubt it is done this way to save the pennies!!!