RE: PC manufacturer windows disks

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Genererally the Compaq or whoever's Windows install disk is what they call a 'recovery' disk --unless it is a standard MS pressed CD. On these disks are basically a boot loader to a program that will image the HD with a semi-propritary windows install. It's basically what they call a pre-install --a windows tailored for that hardware that reads something from the bios to determine the manufactuer. sorry

On 2003-04-06 13:01:07, mrlount wrote

>Hello, I'm normally a Linux user so I need some windows people help here.
>I have two laptops, a compaq and an acer, both come with their own windows cdrom. I have lost my acer windows disk and so would like to install the compaq windows. However the install checks the computer and says that it will only install on my compaq.
>Is there any way I can install this compaq windows on my acer?
>Anyone got any helpful links?
>
>Thanks a lot.

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PC manufacturer windows disks - Tr mrlount 2003-04-06 13:01:07
- >RE: PC manufacturer windows disks - 2nd Lt typedeaF 2003-04-06 20:51:41 <
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Message:	On 2003-04-06 20:51:41, typedeaF wrote >Genererally the Compaq or whoever's Windows install disk is what they call a 'recovery' disk --unless it is a standard MS pressed CD. On these disks are basically a boot loader to a program that will image the HD with a semi-propritary windows install. It's basically what they call a pre-install --a windows tailored for that hardware that reads something from the bios to determine the manufactuer. sorry > > >On 2003-04-06 13:01:07, mrlount wrote > >>Hello, I'm normally a Linux user so I need some windows people help here. >>I have two laptops, a compaq and an acer, both come with their own windows cdrom. I have lost my acer windows disk and so would like to install the compaq windows. However the install checks the computer and says that it will only install on my compaq. >>Is there any way I can install this compaq windows on my acer? >>Anyone got any helpful links? >> >>Thanks a lot.
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