What is the point of the restore partition?

From	Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	What is the point of the restore partition?
Date	2012-08-23 13:08 -0600
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Message-ID	<ydnhartv330.fsf@shell.xmission.com> (permalink)

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If you've found a virus or root kit on your computer, the restore
partition shouldn't be trusted either.  If the hard disk failed, the
restore partition is probably gone too.  When else would you use one?

-- 
Jim Janney

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What is the point of the restore partition? Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2012-08-23 13:08 -0600
  Re: What is the point of the restore partition? Salvatore <sal@yojimbo.hack.invalid> - 2012-08-23 19:15 +0000
  Re: What is the point of the restore partition? "Wayne C. Morris" <wayne.morris@this.is.invalid> - 2012-08-23 15:14 -0500
  Re: What is the point of the restore partition? Howard S Shubs <howard@shubs.net> - 2012-08-23 14:31 -0600
    Re: What is the point of the restore partition? Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2012-08-23 16:01 -0600
  Re: What is the point of the restore partition? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-23 22:09 +0000
    Re: What is the point of the restore partition? Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2012-08-23 18:28 -0600

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