The more recent "redo" CD/DVDs I've seen ask if you wish to repair,
reinstall or completely wipe the hard drive back to factory specs. Nice to
be able to have multiple partitions, and only format the C: drive itself
leaving everything else alone.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"Michael Gerbasio" <mwgerbasio********.com> wrote in message
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> IBM has been doing this for a while. I bought a Thinkpad A31p then a X31
> neither shipped with recovery CDs, there was a recovery partition on the
> hard drive. IBM will mail them to you at no cost, but you need to call and
> that doesn't usually happen until a drive failure ;)
>
> For my next notebook/tablet, getting the full install CDs is going to
> weight
> heavily in my decision. With the Thinkpads, the recovery CDs are helpful,
> but if you set up multiple partitions, it all gets erased; I rarely use
> one
> partition.
>
> Regards-Michael G.