Re: Legal Installation of XP versus "Hard Disk Loading

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The Recovery Partition was the recovery method.
The fact that the crash damaged the partition is a separate issue and not
really relevant.
That is one reason why consumers should demand CDs.
As long as the OEM sell and people buy computers without media, the OEMs
will continue to save $ sometimes at the customers expense.

If this is unacceptable to you, purchase your next computer locally or from
a seller willing to provide the necessary media.
Then send a letter (paper) to IBM and explain why you bought from a
competitor.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


"ThinkPad Fan" <chrosmack@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I don't understand this reply. I am typing this on a ThinkPad T42p
purchased retail from IBM. It came to me without any disks from IBM. It
does have a partition on the hard drive to recover the XP
installation. However, I have had the system crash and the recovery
partition does not work. I had to buy a recovery disk set from IBM.
Therefore IBM sold me a laptop without a method of recovery.
Presumably, IBM is not violating MS policy? How does it work for them,
but not for me?


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