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On Wednesday 19 July 2006 09:14, Mick wrote: |
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> > > If these are new systems, I would give HP support a call and demand |
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> > > they send you the WinXP OEM installation CD. |
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> They will. But at a price (not much) and guess what, it is an image of the |
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> original installation which as far as I recall requires the whole of the |
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> disk for it to be installed again! Can you believe them! |
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Then it's not the OEM Installation CD. I would accept no less as consider this |
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kind of recover approach completely useless. I would never accept to have a |
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useless 9 GB partition sitting around just for reinstalls. I would rather by |
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Windows directly from Microsoft than accept that kind of crap. |
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So what I would do is reconsider if I really needed Windows or demand an OEM |
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Installation CD from Toshiba or buy directly from Microsoft or buy a computer |
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from another vendor... And scrap all partitions and start from scratch. |
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Bo Andresen |
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