Re: How should I buy XP Pro?

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What you have, I am guessing, is a computer which was sold with a
recovery partition (file, etc) loaded instead of a CD or DVD. I have both a
Sony and HP which were sold that way; however, both companies [in the
initial setup] tell you to promptly make CD/DVD copies of that recovery
file. Did you do that? These copies will both boot your computer and restore
it to the initial setup (as loaded by the manufacturer). Like you
(apparently), I would prefer the old system (an OS CD instead of the
recovery file) but I was not hoodwinked by either company as to what I was
getting. By the way, that wavy edge is Microsofts hologram which is meant to
certify a legitimate original OS CD. Complain to the computer manufacturer.
Gene K
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Bruce Chambers <bchambers@xxxxxxxxxxxx> said:

By that I refer to future compatibility of versions, ownership
identifications (COA's?), etc., etc., etc. (In attempting to ensure
continued usability of my present system I've been going in circles {One
place on MSN even asks if there's a wavy edge on the CD printing!},
which I suspect is corporate America at it again.)


This paragraph makes no sense.

I suppose that's because you've never had a system that apparently has
no possible chance of being put back up if it crashes, which latter
seems to be a primary MS trademark. Of course judging from some of your
comments above it's simply a matter of throwing money at it. Not
everybody can do that.

Jim L
--
"Feel inadequate? Destroy stuff and kill people." Confucious, Socrates,
Benjamin Franklin.


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