On 28 January 2012 22:12, Jim Price <d1vers...@hotmail.com> wrote: > On 28/01/12 21:13, Liam Proven wrote: >> >> On 28 January 2012 19:10, Barry Drake<ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com> wrote: >>> >>> On 28/01/12 17:31, Liam Proven wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> There are boot floppy images for free download on: >>>> http://www.bootdisk.com/ >>> >>> >>> >>> Free download? �The guy seems to want me to pay $4 for any of his >>> downloads. >>> �Could be worth it, but I'll stick with Clonezilla as it doesn't cost >>> even >>> $1. >> >> >> I've been using the site for more than a decade& I've never paid. >> >> It's not like he owns the software; it's mostly Microsoft copyright. I >> just checked the site and I did not see any requests for payment or >> anything. I am thus puzzled. > > > They wanted $9.75 from me. The link from this sentence in the article: > > "Please note that this download is no longer free, due to licensing > restrictions imposed upon us." > > linked to: > > http://neosmart.net/blog/2011/windows-recovery-discs-updated-reinstated/ > > which explained how MS wanted their pound of flesh. > > I too will be sticking to free tools. I find the Ubuntu server CDs ideal for > re-installing a broken Grub2 MBR with minimum hassle.
Eh? That's not bootdisk.com, that's the Windows recovery CD! Something totally different on a different site. I shall keep mine safe, then. It might also be worth searching the torrent indices for it. It was widely out there at one time. Also, MICROS~1 are [a] bloody idiots who have destroyed goodwill by this and [b] rapacious money-grabbing swine. Not that this will be news to anybody here, I suspect. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
