New notebook Win7 fun

[Giles Orr]

On 19 September 2012 11:23, Ivan Avery Frey <ivan.avery.frey-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On 19/09/12 9:59 , James Knott wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>
>
> All I can say is WTF is wrong with Microsoft????? Ok, ok I can see all you
> Unix beards looking down on me and thinking "Duh, why are you surprised?"

I only have a goatee, but ... "Duh."  :-)

My Toshiba Satellite (purchased about a month ago) took five or six
DVDs.  I have to admit it seemed excessive even to me.  Maybe it's
because I only have a goatee.

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