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More info?)
surely the most sensible thing to do as an owner is to "BACK UP" all data
and that includes making a back up of the O/s from the drive image whenthe
machine is new?????
The owness is on the user to back up thier data and that includes all
software
"WSZsr" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:dm0od.22653$fC4.11619@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com...
> Let us know when you find a major that does ship a standard XP CD.
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> "Tom McCune" <news1@DELETE_THISmccune.cc> wrote in message
> news:r80od.3320$AL5.2725@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
>> "Edward J. Neth" <ejn63@netscape.net> wrote in news:Ea%nd.19886$iU5.5997
>> @newssvr15.news.prodigy.com:
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>>> They are shipping with just the restore images now. If the drive fails,
>>> presumably you can get a new one from Dell with an image, or with the
>>> CDs - or you can order the restore CDs from Dell (there's no separate OS
>>> CD any longer).
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>> This is not good. For me, I guess it is not a big deal because I already
>> own and use Drive Image. But I still see this as a terrible way to do
>> business - they at least owe us a CD based image of their own making.
>> I've
>> only purchased Dells for years, but this is enough to make me start
>> looking
>> elsewhere.
>>
>> --
>> Tom McCune
>> My PGP Page & FAQ:
http://www.McCune.cc/PGP.htm
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