Re: media for Toshiba laptop

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And if the hard drive dies, there is no recovery partition available, is
there.

"DL" <address@invalid> wrote in message
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| Almost all large OEM suppliers, Dell/HP/Gateway/Sony etc etc supply either
| recovery disks or a recovery partition which puts the sys back to its
| original supplied configuration.
| Its nothing to do with 'reputable companies'
| If you want a virgin installation you will have to buy retail editions, or
a
| multi user licence, of windows.
| Or learn how to remove the crud.
|
| "jfmoyn" <jfmoyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| news:82BE298D-2B94-4EF6-99D3-6E9893A7C65B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > We recently purchased 8 Toshiba laptops for training classes that we are
| > conducting, a huge mistake on our part. When we get computers from more
| > reputable companies, we typically blow away the setup that comes with
the
| > computer and rebuild them to suit our needs using the media sent with
the
| > computers. Toshiba sent no media and will only provide an image of the
| > operating system with all of the Toshiba software, AOL software, games,
| etc.
| > I'm concerned the disks we have on hand will not allow me to use them
on
| a
| > computer other than the one they shipped with. I would like to either
| use
| > an operating system disk we have on hand, or purchase the Windows XP
| > Professional SP2 media from Microsoft. Is it possible to use my
exisiting
| > media to reload? Will Microsoft sell me a media disk? Toshiba tells me
| to
| > contact Microsoft. Microsoft tells me to contact Toshiba. I'm asking
| you.
| > Can anyone help. I'd appreciate it.
|
|


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