I guess the same thing for what we have now, when you buy a laptop or desktop it no longer comes with a recovery disk(s). That’s why I turned my last broken laptop into a desktop with a 250G HD and external monitor ... I have a recovery disk for it and two for this laptop I’m on now.
Make your own free backup/restore disk.
This is a good piece of software.
Paragon Backup & Recovery Free Advanced Edition.
http://www.paragon-software.com/home/db-express/