Interesting experience. I bought two Dell OEM XP Pro CDs, and I had no
trouble with installing them, one on a home-built machine with an Asus
board and another on an IBM ThinkPad. And both were verified as being OK
by MS when it came time to load service packs, etc. At one point, I had
a hard drive failure and reloaded the system on to a new drive, and MS
customer service OK'd the re-installation with no question.
I guess that just proves that there is a LOT of inconsistencies to be
found in the MS world.
Mike
gerald wrote:
None of the inexpensive machines i have purchased in the past few
years have included disks. the OS can usually be downloaded to disks
from wherever it is stored on the HD. a recent compaq had a defect
in the cd when i attempted to download. when i attempted to download
a second time, i was unable to do so. got a message of "one download
per machine" or somesuch. if one reloads using the disks created
from the machine, all the Crap is also reloaded.
the MS disks i have received with machines from screwdriver shops, or
from mfgrs have been OEM disks. when calling MS for assistance, i
have been told that i have OEM disks, and they are not supported by
MS.(been a while since i did this).
i once attempted to load Asus OS software on a compaq or hp. this
was not allowed.
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