The problem is that OEM vendors are allowed to design the recovery options
anyway they see fit. They think that restoring your system to the factory
settings is a good option.

You might want to look into a third party product like Acronis True Image.
This program has the ability to create a backup image and create it's own
boot disk to restore the image.

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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"gsgtreefrog" <gsgtreefrog@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CEFCF7EB-3379-4200-806C-075B2E4DCD0A@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Nah, the option isn't there of the five objects supposedly availible in
> the
> environment (startup repair, system restore, Complete PC Restore, Windows
> Memory Diagnostic Tool, Command Prompt) only the first two are showing up
> in
> my version of the windows recovery environment. odd eh?[/color]