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 Post subject: XP Home and Toshiba
PostPosted: 2004-04-02 18:55:39
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JHEM wrote in message
news:Wkebc.17013$BE3.7587@nwrddc03.gnilink.net...
> Davey D wrote:
> > joefz wrote in message
> > news:c4e01d$g5a$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk...
> >
> >> Has anyone managed to persuade Toshiba to part with a proper windows
> >> xp home cd when theyve purchased a new laptop ? I really need one
> >> if I upgrade the hard drive, and have paid for the os and licence.
> >> Ive tried Toshiba UK but they wont play ball. Any ideas who I
> >> might contact to try and point out that a restore disk is no good if
> >> I change drives ?
> >
> > I presume you are not upgrading the HDD with a Tosh drive.
> > If you were, it would be supported by Tosh.
> >
> > Tosh will not support aftermarket HDD upgrades by supplying XP discs.
> >
> > You buy a Ford car and want to put a bigger Vauxhall engine in it,
> > would you go to Ford to supply the parts required FOC to do this?
>
> What a remarkably ill thought and ignorant reply.
>
> Doesnt matter a whit WHOSE HD hes upgrading with. He paid for the OS
> when he purchased the laptop (thats what the license sticker on the
bottom
> of the unit is all about!) and at the least Toshiba should provide him
> with a recovery CD that will work with any HD.
>
> To the OP, the restore CD you have will work with any HD. As to getting
a
> proper XP CD, its not going to happen, but blame M$ for that, not
> Toshiba.
>
> Regards,
>
> James
>
Thanks for your reply James. Browsing through the restore disk I noticed
there is a ghost file so I presume that the hidden partition on these
machines contain some sort of ghost instructions. With a new non Toshiba
hardrive I doubt if the restore disk would work, as there would be no
setup files for it to write the ghost partition.
As for the ford and vauxhall stuff, I have as you say, paid for Microsoft
xp home, not Toshiba xp home.


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