[Main General Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos Re: XP discs ? What're those 8-P ? Of all the compute Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by Justin VanAbrahams [Email] (#32) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Justin VanAbrahams) on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:26:29 In Reply to: XP discs ? What're those 8-P ? Of all the computers.., TKC, Mon, 26 Mar 2007 10:06:44 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

That's not exactly so... I have dozens and dozens (119, to be exact) of HP and Dell machines sitting on my network, and the vast majority of them came with both "System Restore" (drive image) CDs as well as core OS-only CDs. The OS-only CDs were/are always a special request item with Dell and HP, but if you tell them you want one when you order the PC, you pretty much always get it.

The reason why manufacturers don't like to give the OS-only CDs out is half because of Microsoft's licensing, but half because you get less-than-talented people trying to reinstall their computer using a base WinXP CD and are baffled when things like video cards, NICs, sound cards, etc. don't work. When it was new, XP supported most everything out of the box, but that was half a decade ago, and most hardware support isn't included with even XP SP2. Trying to explain to most users they have to visit half a dozen manufacturers' websites to get drivers and then figure out how to install them is a headache Customer Care doesn't need.

That said, if you know what you're doing and want to reinstall, just call up HP and request the CD. I did that just last Thursday for one of our employees who blew up her laptop... A ten minute phone call to HP got the restore CD ("drive image") ordered, and it'll be here tomorrow.

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• Rant.....Microsoft Vista, am I getting old or ......., TKC, Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:10:04
  • meanwhile......., Lisa D, Thu, 29 Mar 2007 07:41:22
    • Re: meanwhile......., AdamB , Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:52:43
  • Link to a comprehensive and balanced review of Vista, AdamB , Wed, 28 Mar 2007 05:00:53
    • Thank you for posting the link....it's a reasonable...., TKC, Wed, 28 Mar 2007 06:53:36
      • Yes, I understand and agree with you, AdamB , Wed, 28 Mar 2007 08:09:21
  • Probably why, Ari , Tue, 27 Mar 2007 05:42:14
    • That's my experience, too., Noel, Tue, 27 Mar 2007 11:12:03
      • In my department, Oscar, Tue, 27 Mar 2007 22:04:25
  • Just one of the many reasons, Steinway, Tue, 27 Mar 2007 04:54:31
  • Just another example of..., Noel, Mon, 26 Mar 2007 09:05:54
  • Re: Rant.....Microsoft Vista, am I getting old or ......., MI-Roger , Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:57:36
    • Re: Rant.....Microsoft Vista, am I getting old or ....., AdamB , Wed, 28 Mar 2007 04:54:26
  • Re: Rant.....Microsoft Vista, am I getting old or ......., TML , Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:56:26
    • XP discs ? What're those 8-P ? Of all the computers.., TKC, Mon, 26 Mar 2007 10:06:44
      • Re: XP discs ? What're those 8-P ? Of all the computers.., TML , Mon, 26 Mar 2007 12:02:55
      • Re: XP discs ? What're those 8-P ? Of all the compute, Justin VanAbrahams , Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:26:29 <-- Viewing This Message
        • I was referring to all five of my consumer PCs not....., TKC, Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:42:39
          • Re: I was referring to all five of my consumer PCs not., Justin VanAbrahams , Mon, 26 Mar 2007 12:29:39
            • Thank you for your suggestions Justin, just that I'm..., TKC, Mon, 26 Mar 2007 13:00:21
              • Re: Thank you for your suggestions Justin, just that I', Justin VanAbrahams , Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:13:59
                • Justin, your offer is greatly appreciated. I'm now a.., TKC, Mon, 26 Mar 2007 17:40:43
  • What specifically is it you don't like about Vista?, AdamB , Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:28:08
    • See http://www.badvista.org, CBraxton, Wed, 28 Mar 2007 05:30:56
      • Hardly what I'd call unbiased, balanced or objective ;), AdamB , Wed, 28 Mar 2007 08:10:43
        • Didn't claim it was, CBraxton, Wed, 28 Mar 2007 19:10:35
    • Re: What specifically is it you don't like about Vista?, Justin VanAbrahams , Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:36:25
    • For a simple end user, an O/S should be close to....., TKC, Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:58:55
      • So it's the appearance?, AdamB , Wed, 28 Mar 2007 04:52:09

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