From: jsowden@americansentry.net   
      
   I have about a dozen win boxes, some of which I am not using.  I want to   
   back up the OS to a DVD on each one so I can reformat the drive and   
   possibly reinstall the OS later.  I know MS locks the OS to the hardware   
   with a hdwe description code, so I intend to match the dvd to the computer.   
      
   Can I do this? if so, how?  I would expect to put the recovery partition   
   on a separate DVD.  I don't want to save any data files or excess   
   programs (only the OS less the advertising programs).   
      
   Can I recover the OS with just the recovery dvd from the recovery partition?   
      
   John   
      
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