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On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 10:24 AM, Michael Higgins <linux@×××××××.org> wrote: |
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> On Sat, 3 May 2008 10:44:01 +0100 |
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> Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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<SNIP> |
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> > I would suggest - as long as you live in Sweden - the famous 9-in-1 |
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> > OEM CD, from your favourite swashbuckling sea-dog. Arrrrr, me |
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> > hearties! This be perfectly legal because the the sticker on the |
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> > underside of the the laptop is the license for XP, not the CD itself. |
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> > |
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Again, to be careful, make sure that OEM copy has a license number. do |
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not depend on your laptop's install CD's license number ot work. My HP |
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license numbers didn't work with the M$/EOM disks. |
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> Thanks to you folks for all the great info. Just happen to have an OEM |
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> copy of XP Pro kicking about and a sticker on the bottom of the laptop |
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> with a product key for the same. Looks like I'm good to go. |
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Good luck. After backing up my Gentoo laptop install I can confirm |
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that the HP Recovery Disk that comes with the laptop blows the whole |
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disk away and reformats it like it was new from the factory. With this |
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disk anyway there was no way to get Vista onto the disk and save the |
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existing Gentoo install. that will have to be reloaded form backups. |
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Have fun! |
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- Mark |
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