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It's saying that for 5.95 I'll get the "Extended Download Service" which "will keep a back-up copy of your digital file should you need to re-download it for any reason."
Should I get this? How long is this going to extend it? And are they saying that if I don't get this I won't be able to download after like 5 days or something?
Usually (from my experience with similar types of online purchases) you have a limited amount of time or limited number of tries to download the particular software.
In this case it's more than likely a limited amount of time. Giving you one chance to download such a large software is unreasonable so I highly doubt they would do that (so many things could go wrong - if you're on a wireless connection it could just disconnect for one second making you lose your download). For that reason, you usually have a few days to download it.
If you buy the extended download service, it will just extend the time limit you have to get the software.
What I do, I just use the initial time period to download it. Then I burn a copy on a DVD. I don't pay for the extended time thing I don't see a need of it.
So seems like you have 30 days to download the file. If you get the extended download service, would extend that time period (not sure for how long).
I'd just use the initial 30 days to download it and then make myself a backup.
the MSDNAA download, downloads a little program which then downloads the file. You can close the program and continue downloading later, it resumes there it left of and doesnt start over. I would think MS would use a similar program for this.
I've been having a problem with the installer. I want to perform a full clean installation but I don't know how to convert the files to a bootable disc to perform the clean installation.
It seems the installer is just an upgrade kit.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.
