There is very little use for the DVD restore set unless you seriously mess up your hard disk or have a HDD accident. It takes you to OS2.0 and you reload all OS updates after that, I think it has to be that way to make sure the Audya's hardware is in sync with the OS. I presume (but not certain) that part of the update involves some bios or flash memory alterations.

I keep a complete backup on my laptop (which goes everywhere with me) so don't need the restore DVD's. I think this is the best option, then if you do delete something by accident you can just copy the file across.

TWD

[This message has been edited by Tonewheeldude (edited 02-09-2010).]