[ltp] "Missing operating system" when booting restorepartition

Fri, 19 Aug 2005 13:51:56 +0300

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I told them I installed Linux but wanted to restore WIndows now. They
sent the cd set without a problem. This was in Finland.

Christopher Sawtell wrote:

>On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 20:18, Jaime Iniesta wrote:
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>>What did you tell IBM to convince them of sending the restore disks? I
>>guess that if you tell them that you changed the partitions, installed
>>another OS, etc., they would't like it... I mean like "sorry, but we only
>>support Windows, you broke your drive with Linux, so you fix it on your
>>own" or something like that...
>>    
>>
>
>Just tell them that you had to replace the drive, or that the previous owner 
>had installed Linux on it. I understand either will work most of the time. 
>

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I told them I installed Linux but wanted to restore WIndows now. They
sent the cd set without a problem. This was in Finland.<br>
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Christopher Sawtell wrote:
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  <pre wrap="">On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 20:18, Jaime Iniesta wrote:
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    <pre wrap="">What did you tell IBM to convince them of sending the restore disks? I
guess that if you tell them that you changed the partitions, installed
another OS, etc., they would't like it... I mean like "sorry, but we only
support Windows, you broke your drive with Linux, so you fix it on your
own" or something like that...
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Just tell them that you had to replace the drive, or that the previous owner 
had installed Linux on it. I understand either will work most of the time. </pre>
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