re: XP home backup utility?
Monday, February 14, 2005 at 1:31 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by D McKinney
(2 messages posted)
They don't think it is your machine, they think it's their software on the OEM's
machine. AutoCad is already, pay per use online only.
You think it's bad now, hold onto your hat.
D. McKinney
On Saturday, February 5, 2005 at 7:23 pm, Matthew D. Healy wrote:
>This is one of many good reasons to get a no-name
>"white box" computer from a local store: it will
>usually come with a full XP OEM Version installation
>CD. It is also much less likely than some of the name
>brands to require special hardware drivers and such.
>Mine needs very few drivers beyond what comes
>with XP by default.
>
>Since the components of such a box will typically
>have come from a number of different sources,
>you can also be confident they will play nice when
>you replace failed components or upgrade to newer
>ones. Some mass-market systems nowadays
>don't even come with any CD,
>there's a hidden partition on the hard disk from which
>an OS restore can be done. But what if the hard disk
>dies, or you want to upgrade?
>
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- re: XP home backup utility? (Matthew D. Healy: Saturday, February 5, 2005 at 7:23 pm)
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