In the excitement of purchasing and installing a new PC, the diskettes or CD-ROM’s that come with it are often cast aside. New PC packages often include several disks or CD-ROM’s containing hardware configurations or software such as:
a) Drivers (eg network card, sound card, video card)
b) Operating system (eg Windows v7 or XP)
c) Other software (eg MYOB, MS Office)
These disks often get misplaced before they are suddenly needed again in the future. You are unlikely to need them until the PC is about two years old when you may need to upgrade software or hardware such as a new monitor, mouse or keyboard.
We recommend putting a sticker on a new PC so that you can easily link any stored diskette to the PC.
Keeping all disks associated with a PC in a readily accessible place means that your PC can easily be rebuilt if it has a hardware problem or if you sell it to another person. This can mean an instant return on your initial investment. For example, a second-hand five year old XP machine could be worth $300 to a buyer versus negligible value without the diskettes.
