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Anonymous   08-20-2009 at 02:29:42 AM

So all the big computer manufacturers have their own tweaked version of Windows that only can load and work with the computer you buy it with.

And there is no way around that?

Does that mean even the big bad hackers can't crack the code so those recovery discs can be used on any machine?

Amazing.

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randomizer   08-20-2009 at 10:54:10 AM

Oh I'm sure they can. But why would you not just get a retail or "unlocked" OEM disk instead of a disk that contains Windows plus umpteen amounts of useless bloatware?

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number13   08-20-2009 at 04:42:49 PM

recovery disk are that, you can recorver the original setting that the computer was shipped with, it is not a installation disk

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number13   08-20-2009 at 04:44:03 PM

recovery disk are that, you can recover the original setting that the computer was shipped with, it is not a installation disk, sorry about the double post


Message edited by number13 on 08-20-2009 at 04:47:08 PM
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Zoron   08-20-2009 at 06:46:57 PM

The hacking isn't done with the disc... it's done with the computer's BIOS.

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