Re: [NF] 3rd party sources for system recovery disks?

2011-03-28 Thread Alan Bourke
On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 08:31 -0700, "Lou Syracuse" wrote: > > start. If I recall correctly I can't install the same OS (XP Media > Center > 2005) from MSDN disks because their system has an OEM key which the MSDN > media will not recognize. > No but you could install a shop-bought copy of XP

[NF] 3rd party sources for system recovery disks?

2011-03-28 Thread Lou Syracuse
A friend of my wife dropped off an older HP desktop over the weekend. She told me her husband clicked on the attachment of an email a delivery notice from UPS - not once but twice. (duh!) Then they tried to fix the problem themselves, and probably made it worse. The system is trashed, I backe