[ltp] Rescue partition needed?

Richard Neill linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:22:31 +0100


Kai Weber wrote:
> 
> So, is the rescue partition needed or is it enough to have the
> Rescue-CD/DVD in case if I need to reinstall Windows?
> 

There's only one time you'd ever need to re-install Windows, and that is 
if you have to send the machine in for service. A better solution to 
that is to send the machine in without a disk at all, and explain that 
you have confidential data which you cannot send to a 3rd party.

HTH,

Richard