A lot of the Compaq's built in the last few years have a hidden partition where they have Windows recovery data stored. Pop in their restore CD (when you can find it) and it reloads the OS from the partition. But I agree, Windows licenses drive me batty as well. --paul On Sat, 2004-09-04 at 16:46, Randy Clarksean wrote: > Well .. in theory that is always nice. But ... there is always a but ... > when a system crashes and the business needs it the next day to fill a few > hundred prescriptions for a nursing home ... there is no time to call Compaq > and have then send you the CDs. You improvise to make sure the client is up > and running ASAP ... that is why I went ahead and did a clean install with > XP Pro .. since that was readily available. > > The system was a refurbished Compaq bought from another vendor. I have my > doubts that Compaq would do a thing for the owner of the system .. I could > be wrong .. but that is my guess. > > Yes ... a set of recovery disks should have been run by the client when they > bought the system .. but they were not. > > It is sad that the client has a legitimate XP Home license key ... and it > sounds like it will be hit and miss in order for him to ever make any use > out of it. > > Thanks for all the input. > > Randy > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Phillips" <electrum at gmail.com> > To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2004 11:34 AM > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] OT: XP Home license key > > > > > I was hoping there was some way he could use it. > > > > How about doing things the right way? Call the vendor (Compaq) and > > ask them for a recovery disk. > > > > -- > > David Phillips <david at acz.org> > > http://david.acz.org/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org > > Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org > Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list