Hi Gene,

HP systems only allow for the creation of a single set of recovery disks
(though there is a method to unlock and redo it if necessary), however this
has no bearing on the recovery partition. The latter can still be used for
reinstalling to factory state after creation of the disks. The disks are
used in the event of a hard drive failure.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
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"Gene E. Bloch" <not-me@other.invalid> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 2 Jun 2009 21:27:33 -0400, Rick Rogers wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Not in most proprietary systems. Creation of the recovery disk set has no
>> effect on the recovery partition other than allowing the user to remove
>> it
>> afterward if they like.
>
> One of my systems did not let me create a second set of DVDs, with an
> explicit error message... I have a Sony and an HP, but I forgot which one
> said that. I only tried it on one, so the other might do the same. Or not.
>
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