Vic Smith wrote:
On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:12:57 -0400, NotNow wrote:


No days most install disks are simply a partition on the hard drive. Oh
and Harry's bull**** about the card likely not bombing the OS is
horse****. Hell, I've seen a defective thumb drive trash the OS before.

I roll my own. Putting install software on a partition isn't a good
idea unless they include instructions to write it to a CD/DVD.
Hard drives fail.
Don't know much about ethernet chips, but OS's do fail for never
determined reasons. Likely glitches that corrupt a file.
I never get into that anymore because of my cloning strategy.
Problem with OS? Restore from image.
That would have told the tale for your son. If it didn't work you'd
know you had a hardware problem, no ifs ands or buts.

--Vic

Oh, absolutely!! The first thing I do is get my OS and drivers off of
the hard drive and onto CDs.

On Sep 11, 9:23*am, NotNow wrote:
Vic Smith wrote:
On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:12:57 -0400, NotNow wrote:

No days most install disks are simply a partition on the hard drive. Oh
and Harry's bull**** about the card likely not bombing the OS is
horse****. Hell, I've seen a defective thumb drive trash the OS before..

I roll my own. *Putting install software on a partition isn't a good
idea unless they include instructions to write it to a CD/DVD.
Hard drives fail.
Don't know much about ethernet chips, but OS's do fail for never
determined reasons. *Likely glitches that corrupt a file.
I never get into that anymore because of my cloning strategy.
Problem with OS? *Restore from image.
That would have told the tale for your son. *If it didn't work you'd
know you had a hardware problem, no ifs ands or buts.

--Vic

Oh, absolutely!! The first thing I do is get my OS and drivers off of
the hard drive and onto CDs.

Wife says Warranty cost was $205. The did not provide an OS install
CD. In fact, for another roughly $100 they will sell you a restore
disc. They charged my son to "Clear the Registry" so he would not
have all the crap most store bought computers have. I do not know if
this is a scam r not but suddenly, all the crap is back. The place I
finally took it to for repair says they often see problems when a 2nd
AV program is loaded atop Norton when they fail to remove Norton.
The Warranty is sort of vague about software problems but ti does
cover "problems due to poor workmanship" and failure to install the
2nd AV properly should be covered under this. I doubt I'll see a
penny from BB.

Frogwatch wrote:
On Sep 11, 9:23 am, NotNow wrote:
Vic Smith wrote:
On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:12:57 -0400, NotNow wrote:
No days most install disks are simply a partition on the hard drive. Oh
and Harry's bull**** about the card likely not bombing the OS is
horse****. Hell, I've seen a defective thumb drive trash the OS before.
I roll my own. Putting install software on a partition isn't a good
idea unless they include instructions to write it to a CD/DVD.
Hard drives fail.
Don't know much about ethernet chips, but OS's do fail for never
determined reasons. Likely glitches that corrupt a file.
I never get into that anymore because of my cloning strategy.
Problem with OS? Restore from image.
That would have told the tale for your son. If it didn't work you'd
know you had a hardware problem, no ifs ands or buts.
--Vic
Oh, absolutely!! The first thing I do is get my OS and drivers off of
the hard drive and onto CDs.

Wife says Warranty cost was $205. The did not provide an OS install
CD. In fact, for another roughly $100 they will sell you a restore
disc. They charged my son to "Clear the Registry" so he would not
have all the crap most store bought computers have. I do not know if
this is a scam r not but suddenly, all the crap is back. The place I
finally took it to for repair says they often see problems when a 2nd
AV program is loaded atop Norton when they fail to remove Norton.
The Warranty is sort of vague about software problems but ti does
cover "problems due to poor workmanship" and failure to install the
2nd AV properly should be covered under this. I doubt I'll see a
penny from BB.



You were...fleeced.

Most low-end PC laptops and desktops these days are not sold with real
install CDs/DVDs. What you get, if anything, are "restore" media. Not
the same as real "install" media, and under many circumstances next to
worthless for restoring an OS or transferring it to a new hard drive if
the first hard drive fails.

Interestingly, even the least expensive Apple Mac comes with a full
install OS DVD.



--
Birther-Deather-Tenther-Teabagger:
Idiots All

On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:11:21 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch
wrote:

The Warranty is sort of vague about software problems but ti does
cover "problems due to poor workmanship" and failure to install the
2nd AV properly should be covered under this. I doubt I'll see a
penny from BB.

You can always try small claims court.