[nzlug] recondition laptop windows licence revisited

[Craig Box]

>
> AFAIK: thus created install media contains only the base system ...
> though nobody knows what of the registry gets copied, third party stuff
> didn't get a lookin.
>
> I think you cannot do this with vista (anybody) and I havn't seen such a
> tool on my XP machine.


If you get recovery files on your PC, it's normally the files from a CD
image (check for C:\i386\ or a recovery partition) and a self-installation
script.

While it's feasible that malware could target this partition and modify the
recovery media, I've never heard of it being done.  People normally write
the media to CD/DVD as one of the first things they do, hopefully before
they get infected!

Craig