Missing CD's

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From: The Baba (hoofaaa_at_NOSPAMyahoo.com)
Date: 08/26/04 

Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 10:00:58 -0700

I posted this last night, it didn't show up, and I saw no reply, so here it
is again...

A buddy of mine told me he took his HP box back to Best Buy because his CD
drives were missing from My Computer...They told him it was a software
problem that screwed up his registry, and he'd have to fork over $60 for
them to re-install the OS...He bought it less than 3 months ago...I told him
to call Best Buy, cause it sounds fishy to me...

He also said didn't get any CD's when he bought it...Does this sound fishy
to anyone else but me?

How long back do restore points go? I was gonna go over there tomorrow and
look at it for him, and see if I could check the restore points and maybe
remove the CD's through the Device Manager, and see if the re-install
themselves...

I know to look for loose connections, bad ribbons, etc...

Any other things I should look for? 

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