S2HP - Recovery Discs

[bullroar]

Just got hold of a nice S2HP at a very good price. Fine machine. I keep getting the message on start up about creating the recovery disks which seems like a good idea. So I look in the book to find out more, which was not a lot other than I might need somewhere between 0 and Infinity CD's to burn to.

I assume someone out there has done this and can narrow the number of CD's I might need down to + 1. The machine came with the standard software bundle so can someone suggest how many CD's I might need.

Cheers and apologies if this has been done to death previously.

[kee-lo_]

Can take 9!

[jammold]

About 22 the last time I checked!

Using a DVD means you will only need 2 disks, so DVD is recommended.

Make 2 copies or more of these disks, because it is a small price to pay if the computer stops functioning.

You could try getting a DVD from Sony, but this is costly at about £50 or 70¿.

BTW This is because Sony are cheap bast*rds and no longer distribute the Recovery DVD disks.

[kee-lo_]

Yeah and make sure to get Sony R DVDs not RW ofr the best possible results.

[jammold]

Yep and use DVD+R for the best results, some drives have issues with the DVD-R disks for some reason.:smileydevil:

[bullroar]

Thank you chaps, replied in less time than it took me to register the thing.

I'll get a big bag of discs then.

A thought possibly a dumb one, but could I make a recovery disk on an external hard drive or is that just bonkers.

[kee-lo_]

No, but you COULD possible duplicate the hidden partition is some way.....

Probably with Partition Magic...