New notebook Win7 fun

[James Knott]

Ivan Avery Frey wrote:
>> It also prompts me to make a Win7 backup (restore disks?).  Turns out 
>> that
>> that is 6 blank DVDs.  24 minutes into this process and nothing has been
>> burned so far.  This could easily take longer than installing Linux.  
>> And
>> just think, in a month, I could get to do the same with Win8 (for ~$15).
>
> A friend of mine bought a Sony Laptop that recommends creating 
> recovery media. I hope it doesn't take 6 DVDs. I'm considering looking 
> into the WAIK (Windows Automated Install Kit) to see if I can create a 
> "Windows Install Partition" on an external drive.

My ThinkPad E520 required 4 DVDs.
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