Rescue and Recovery V2.00.0170 questions

[mytp]

In the text file that explains the new version of R&R ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pccbbs/th ... rr1170.txt there are 2 "considerations" that aren't clear to me, and I'd appreciate it if someone could explain what they mean:

Consideration 12
IBM computers that have a hidden protected area (HPA), also referred
to as PARTIES, and have the IBM Rescue and Recovery program installed
will not be able to boot into either the PARTIES or Rescue and
Recovery workspace after recovering the original factory contents.
To enable the PARTIES area again, restore a backup using either the
Rescue and Recovery program in the Windows environment or by booting
from rescue media and then uninstall the Rescue and Recovery program.

Does this mean that after I restore original factory contents I need to restore a backup or to reboot from rescue media? Why? And then uninstall R&R?

Consideration 14
To restore original factory contents on IBM computers that have the
IBM Rescue and Recovery program installed from the Web or from disc,
reinstall the Rescue and Recovery program after restoring the original
factory contents. It is a good idea to perform a backup operation after
reinstalling the program.

Consideration 12 says to UNINSTALL the R&R program, and consideration 14 says to REINSTALL R&R. What's going on here?

[bevross]

Consideration 12 says to UNINSTALL the R&R program, and consideration 14 says to REINSTALL R&R. What's going on here?

Granted this text is awfully wordy and hard to follow but I think what #14 it is talking about is -- if you are restoring to factory contents using the old program, go ahead and reinstall R&R along with it (well, on some versions of R&R this is not optional). Then, update R&R with the new version. Hey, this is what I did -- after restoring using the CDs, I removed R&R, installed the update, & then made a backup.