Re: Vendor Sent only Recovery CD

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From: Will Denny (willdenny_at_mvps.org)
Date: 05/11/04


Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 15:46:16 +0100

Hi

Yes it is legal - so long as you can restore your PC to the same state it
was in when you purchased it. Your vendor does not have to send you a
Microsoft XP CD.

-- 
Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
"DaveR" <NOSPAM_drubin@NOSPAM_i-2000.com> wrote in message
news:K+SgQCTd1vIJY7zmaYpYxHGCh9An@4ax.com...
| I just bought a new system with Windows XP Pro. There was no Microsoft
| CD, only a Recovery CD.
|
| Is this legal? Should they have sent me the Microsoft CD?
|
| There is a certificate of authentication on the computer. If I should
| ever need to reinstall Windows XP in the future, can I use ANY Windows
| XP Pro CD (i.e. borrow a friend's) since I do have a valid product
| key? Or should I pressure the vendor to send me a Microsoft CD?
|
|


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