Okay, this obviously isn't GNU/Linux related, but it's a story to make the
heart go pitter-patter.
Here's the nutshell version: College student buys XP at an academic
discount, realizes he has to reformat his hard drive to install it, so he
decides to sell it -- unopened -- on eBay.
Really? Anybody have a pointer that confirms this?
I don't have a confirmation on that -- that info was just what was
mentioned in the article (not that our media would ever make such an
error... :-).
Regards,
.
Randy
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On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 05:17:33PM -0400, Bill McGonigle wrote:
That's a great story. Thanks for passing it along.
On Apr 5, 2005, at 10:03, Randy Edwards wrote:
College student buys XP at an academic
discount, realizes he has to reformat his hard drive to install it
Really? Anybody
On Apr 5, 2005, at 17:31, Jeff Kinz wrote:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=enq=%22David+Zamos%22
I think I've seen it in a few blogs as well.
OK, I should have been more clear. I'm not doubting the story, I'm
looking for confirmation that XP Academic requires a reformat before it
will install.
Bill McGonigle wrote:
OK, I should have been more clear. I'm not doubting the story, I'm
looking for confirmation that XP Academic requires a reformat before it
will install.
It depends on what you are upgrading from.
If you're running Win9x or ME and using a FAT32 file system, it will try
to
