# 'Restore' disk! AAAAaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrse! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 13, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restore-disk-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrse/224299 "2004-01-13T20:32:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Futile\_Gesture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restore-disk-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrse/224299/21 "2004-01-16T10:41:08Z")
> [@ntucker](#): > > Oh, please. I guess you missed the part where he mentioned it’s an **OEM** CD, not Microsoft’s? What, so you think the OEM wrote their own restore software? The OEM may have bundled the CD with their own stuff, but the guts of it will be badged Microsoft code. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restore-disk-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrse/224299/22 "2004-01-16T13:28:01Z")
> [@](#): > > The OEM may have bundled the CD with their own stuff, but the guts of it will be badged Microsoft code. I suspect the OEM were the ones who put it together and chose this particular “no-prompt” method. I’ve never seen a Windows installation & restore that didn’t give you warnings and prompts, not from 95 through XP. ---
**Author:** ![GaWd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@GaWd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaWd)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restore-disk-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrse/224299/23 "2004-01-16T15:07:28Z")
Just like SmilingBandit said, it’s not MS’s fault. In ANY thread about a PC-based computer with problems, it’s always “Damn you MS!!! Damn you to hell Bill Gates!” In my experience, it’s either not OS related or is your typical ID10T error. Blame the vendor of the PC for the restore disk, not MS. Sam ---
**Author:** ![spinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@spinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spinky)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restore-disk-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrse/224299/24 "2004-01-16T19:58:11Z")
> [@Futile Gesture](#): > > What, so you think the OEM wrote their own restore software? Um. **Yeah.** As they always do: badly. So if I sent you a CD that you booted off of, and it displayed a message that said, “Kiss my ass!” and then formatted your drive and installed Windows XP on it, you’d blame Microsoft? Neat. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restore-disk-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrse/224299/25 "2004-01-16T20:43:00Z")
> [@Lady Ice](#): > > And this is **soooooo** the only reason I am not looking forward to my new computer in about a month. I’m going to have to give up my 98se and go to XP. Don’t fear XP, it’s actually pretty damn good. ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f1d935/32.png) [@Lady\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Ice)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restore-disk-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrse/224299/26 "2004-01-17T05:58:42Z")
It’s not XP that I’m so worried about, World Eater, it’s the OEM. With 98, I have the full disk. So as long as I keep my stuff backed up I have no problem. I have never had a computer without the actual Windows disk, and it kind of makes me nervous. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restore-disk-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrse/224299.md?page=1)