http://chris.pirillo.com/inbox-frank-thurber/ News and Reviews! Geek, Internet Entrepreneur, Hardware Addict, Software Junkie, Book Author, Once TV Show Host, Technology Enthusiast, Shameless Self-Promoter, Tech Conference Coordinator, Early Adopter, Idea Evangelist, Tech Support Blogger, Bootstrapper, Media Personality, Technology Consultant, Thicker Quicker Picker Upper. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://chris.pirillo.com/inbox-frank-thurber/#comment-77 Anonymous Sun, 06 Jan 2002 02:05:13 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2002/01/05/inbox-frank-thurber/#comment-77 Dell does have their own partition though, and a utility (zztop) to restore the system to factory defaults. The partition is small (16MBish), and I usually end up killing it since I like to format and do a clean install even with a new PC. To date, I've tried zztop about 2 or 3 times, and it's worked once. My opinion, get Ghost and use it to restore your pc Dell does have their own partition though, and a utility (zztop) to restore the system to factory defaults. The partition is small (16MBish), and I usually end up killing it since I like to format and do a clean install even with a new PC. To date, I've tried zztop about 2 or 3 times, and it's worked once.
My opinion, get Ghost and use it to restore your pc

]]> http://chris.pirillo.com/inbox-frank-thurber/#comment-76 Anonymous Sun, 06 Jan 2002 00:41:29 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2002/01/05/inbox-frank-thurber/#comment-76 Furo just e-mailed me: They don't use "their own" version of XP. They make some adjustments to the install, like their own driver sets for various devices, or particular OS settings tweaked to their liking, which every manufacturer on the planet does. As for creating the separate partition, this is also a practice that some have used from time to time. What it does is provide a "safety" area where all of the drivers and installation files can sit instead of relying on CDs. I have mixed feelings on it. It wastes disk space, but the user never has to dig up a CD unless they really hose everything up. Furo just e-mailed me: They don't use “their own” version of XP. They make some adjustments to the install, like their own driver sets for various devices, or particular OS settings tweaked to their liking, which every manufacturer on the planet does. As for creating the separate partition, this is also a practice that some have used from time to time. What it does is provide a “safety” area where all of the drivers and installation files can sit instead of relying on CDs. I have mixed feelings on it. It wastes disk space, but the user never has to dig up a CD unless they really hose everything up.

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