[PLUG] MS sucks reason 4971

Mike Neal miken at europa.com
Wed Oct 16 22:16:47 UTC 2002


According to Toshiba tech support, current MS license for WinXP on my new 
Toshiba notebook requires the reinstall CD to wipe the partition table when 
restoring the system effectively killing a dual boot (Linux) system.

Me: Why is this?
Tech support:  "Microsoft is concerned about supporting systems with 
modified partition tables (Microsoft doesn't support OEM customers).

Me: How do I get around the problem?
Tech support: "Buy a real copy of WinXP."

Cheers,
Mike
Mike Neal
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