When unboxing the Acer Ferarri 1000 that Microsoft and AMD gave me for Christmas I noticed a distinct lack of recovery media in the box. There was not even XP media. So before I into installing apps and reviewing the Ferarri 1000 and generally breaking things I need to be sure I can get back to a good state.
To do this I am using the CompletePC Backup Feature in Vista. I blogged about how to use this back in August and recorded a video showing the procedure. Check it out here.
This is a handy feature. If you buy a Vista machine and it ships without recovery media, then I recommend creating a CompletePC Backup image before you go too far down the configuration path.