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mcp6453
Recently I purchased a used Lenovo 8189 computer. It has the requisite
XP license sticker on the side. The hard drive was wiped clean,
including the restoration partition. I need XP media to install the
operating system. The key on the label does not work with my VLK
version, and it does not work with my retail version.
There must be some version of installation media that will allow me to
reinstall a fully legal and licensed copy of XP on this machine. Two of
my wholesalers have said that any XP disk will work, but that's
incorrect, as I have demonstrated today. Restoration CDs are no longer
available from Lenovo. The only disks that they are making available now
are Vista.
It's obvious why someone would wipe the main partition on a hard drive
before they sell a computer, but it is not obvious to me why they would
also delete the recovery partition. The license follows the computer.
There is nothing confidential or proprietary on the restore partition.
XP license sticker on the side. The hard drive was wiped clean,
including the restoration partition. I need XP media to install the
operating system. The key on the label does not work with my VLK
version, and it does not work with my retail version.
There must be some version of installation media that will allow me to
reinstall a fully legal and licensed copy of XP on this machine. Two of
my wholesalers have said that any XP disk will work, but that's
incorrect, as I have demonstrated today. Restoration CDs are no longer
available from Lenovo. The only disks that they are making available now
are Vista.
It's obvious why someone would wipe the main partition on a hard drive
before they sell a computer, but it is not obvious to me why they would
also delete the recovery partition. The license follows the computer.
There is nothing confidential or proprietary on the restore partition.