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Brad — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:56:32 +0000

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You CAN make Recovery CD’s yourself.

Brad — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:23:14 +0000

No matter what Best Buy’s Geek Squad, or Circuit City’s Firedog tell you, it’s very simple to make recovery cd’s or dvd’s. All you need are a few blank DVD-R’s or CD-R’s, and a little time. It takes no more than 5 minutes of user-input to start the process and insert blank discs as required.

HP’s recovery CD creator can be located by clicking the Windows Vista ‘Start’ Button >> ‘All Programs’ >> ‘Recovery Manager’ >> ‘Recovery Media Creator’. Double-click ‘Recovery Media Creator’, then follow the instructions on the screen. Basically, all you need to do is open the CD tray, put in a blank DVD and click ‘Next’. The burning process could take up to 3 hours, so you don’t want to start the process if you’re pressed for time. Click the images below for a larger view.

1) HP’s recovery CD creator can be located by clicking the Windows Vista ‘Start’ Button > ‘All Programs’ > ‘Recovery Manager’> ‘Recovery Media Creator’. Double-click ‘Recovery Media Creator’.

2) The program will calculate the number of CD’s or DVD’s necessary to create the recovery image. In this case I am using DVD+R format. It doesn’t matter which brand you use.

3) The disc is recognized as DVD+R. Now just click ‘next’.

4) The DVD burning process has started. You’ll need to be very patient – collecting the files and burning the discs could take up to 2 more hours. The tray will pop-out and the program will prompt you to insert a blank disk when a disc is done recording. Once it’s finished, just click ‘ok’, and you’re all done!

MySpace – Does it hurt your PC?

Brad — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:42:46 +0000

I don’t know. I think that the website itself does not cause problems, but the associated sites that offer free templates and customization probably do have spyware/adware as part of the deal. In other words, just visiting MySpace won’t hurt your computer, but logging in a downloading programs from other pages designed for MySpace is probably not a good idea.