odd question: do I need to "update" the rescue disk

Cameo just "fixed" their problem by using their rescue disc.

Neat, but the thought occurred to me - I've installed and
uninstalled a lot of software, should I make anew rescue disc to
reflect current status, or is that not required.

To put it mildly, this is a refurbed computer, came with no
install discs, so I've been a wee tad edgy about anything which might
require those install discs.
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The question was asked: "Is Hindsight overrated?"
In retrospect, it appears to be.

pyotr filipivich wrote:
Cameo just "fixed" their problem by using their rescue disc.

Neat, but the thought occurred to me - I've installed and
uninstalled a lot of software, should I make anew rescue disc to
reflect current status, or is that not required.

To put it mildly, this is a refurbed computer, came with no
install discs, so I've been a wee tad edgy about anything which might
require those install discs.

If you're going to spend time making a disc, it might
as well be an installer disc. As the installer disc
can re-install the OS, as well as function as a rescue disc
(boot to Command Prompt).

Microsoft has an official link for downloading Windows 7,
however, the license key can't be a Dell COA. It pretty well
has to be a retail key of some sort. That means that not a lot
of end-users can use the Microsoft web page to get a copy.

To get around that, this site has a tool that runs in IE11 or similar,
and it fakes a session with TechBench, and generates a URL. There
are "Copy to Clipboard" buttons in the tool, and these copy the
download URL to the clipboard. Then, open your "regular" browser,
paste in the URL and download the ISO. When you paste in the
URL, you'll be able to inspect the URL and see it's a legit
microsoft.com URL.

https://www.heidoc.net/joomla/techno...-download-tool

Download: Windows ISO Downloader.exe
Version: 5.27
Release Date: 20 November 2017
Requirements: Windows 7 or newer, .NET Framework 4.x,
Internet Explorer 8 or newer.

Dismiss the Heidoc window, as soon as you get the URL
and put it in the actual browser for the download. The last
version of Heidoc I downloaded, had a coinminer (complete with
*permission* prompt) in the executable. Simply get the
job done, and close the executable, then use your
browser itself for the lengthy download. The coinminer
should then be gone, and not wasting cycles. (Verify this
in Task Manager.)

I saw a banner on a web site today, saying that advertising
isn't paying for the hosting any more, as if the revenue
from advertising was dropping with time. Which might be
a reason some of these sites are stooping to coinminer
code. I haven't seen any articles on the web recently,
explaining just how paltry the advertising fees actually are.
Some web sites just go way overboard with that stuff, and
if the fee is "micro-cents", maybe that would explain
why the advertising is getting so obnoxious.

Paul

On Sat, 06 Jan 2018 20:36:50 -0800, pyotr filipivich wrote:

Cameo just "fixed" their problem by using their rescue disc.

Neat, but the thought occurred to me - I've installed and
uninstalled a lot of software, should I make anew rescue disc to reflect
current status, or is that not required.

To put it mildly, this is a refurbed computer, came with no
install discs, so I've been a wee tad edgy about anything which might
require those install discs.

Your best bet is an image backup using macrium free version and then an
occasional differential.

Wolf K on Sun, 7 Jan 2018 08:01:11 -0500 typed
in alt.windows7.general the following:
On 2018-01-06 23:36, pyotr filipivich wrote:

Cameo just "fixed" their problem by using their rescue disc.

Neat, but the thought occurred to me - I've installed and
uninstalled a lot of software, should I make anew rescue disc to
reflect current status, or is that not required.

To put it mildly, this is a refurbed computer, came with no
install discs, so I've been a wee tad edgy about anything which might
require those install discs.

AFAIK, rescue disks or repair media made with Windows store only the
operating system essentials. No added software, little if any
customisation data, etc. If the computer has a rescue/repair partition,
that's all that's needed. That partition is also used to reset the
computer to factory-fresh condition.

Rescue disks made by other means may store different conglomerations of
data. The best rescue disk is a restorable back-up.

In any case, I would make the rescue/repair media per Windows
instructions. Better safe than sorry.

Somewhat of what I needed to know.

I made the rescue disk when I got the machine, "before" all the
updates, software additions,updates and reconfigurations.
Not a major worry - I do backups, so worse case I just get to do a
restore from rescue disk, then reinstall everything. "One of these
days" - I'll make a mirror disk to "save" everything to minimize the
reinstall issue. (OTOH, reinstalling from scratch also means programs
which I don't use often "enough" don't take up space.)
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pyotr filipivich
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