From HP. I went to their site, got their customer care number, then ordered them by phone. At least one set works, because I tried it on the wife's HP. It still installs that hidden directory and you can restore from there, but if your hard drive goes, you can still restore. I used the restore disk, made a clean barebones system with all the HP crap off of it, updated all the drivers and Windows, then imaged the drive. I'm hoping *if* I ever need to restore I can save half a day cleaning the crap off of it and updating. Won't know till it's too late, though, I suppose. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ On 12/28/2002 at 6:41 PM a whisper was heard, and the one known as Ogoodgranny@xxxxxxx was rumoured to have uttered.... | In a message dated 12/28/2002 12:32:43 PM | Mountain Standard Time, | nunyabidness6@xxxxxxxxx writes: | | | > You can get those disks, you just have to be persistent. I | got disks for | > my two HP's for free. | > | ....where did you get them from? the store where you purchased | the pc ,or | from HP? ********* And So It Was *********** **************************************************************************** ******* All the preceding is solely my own opinion not necessarily held by any other person in any other place at any other time. No warranty express or implied. Author takes no responsibility for the accuracy or usefulness of this or any rebutttal information. If you do not agree with this post, please click delete and move on. To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/