[ltp] Re: thinkpad R40 recovery cd

[leg babouyes]

hi, thank you for your replies... i got win xp from my university and
installed the drivers from lenovo webpage...

thank you

On 1/6/07, Dominik Riebeling <dominik.riebeling@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1/6/07, Michael Gaber <Michael.Gaber@gmx.net> wrote:
> > check your university if you are member of the MSDNAA and DL a winXP pro
> > iso from there, also burn the network and WLAN drivers from the lenovo
> > HP to a cd. install windoom, install the drivers and get everything you
> > need from the lenovo hp
>
> Your machine has a folder called i386. This contains mostly everything
> that is needed to install wxp, in fact, I used that to create a
> customized installation disk for my machine. You'll need some
> additional file from the internet (the bootsector for the CD which can
> be found there without any problems, and as I found that on a windows
> admin forum I assume this gets legally distributed -- you can of couse
> get it from another windows CD too)
>
> Apart from that, you have a valid key sticking on the bottom of your
> machine. It's an OEM key, so it should work with any OEM installation
> CD and from the way I understand the license stuff there shouldn't be
> any issues in using that key with any legal windows CD. Please verify
> yourself about the legal status if you are trying to do so. (The
> MSDNAA version is a retail one which requires a different key. If you
> are entitled for such a version don't mix it up with the key you find
> on your machine, OEM and retail keys are not interchangeable).
>
> Why not just install a nice linux distro and forget about windows? I
> have linux running on the same machine happily since I got it.
>
>
>  - Dominik
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