On 2018-07-12 19:06, nospam wrote:
In article , Carlos E.R.
wrote:



However I got the impression that you don't particulary value what's
on the original disk that was inside the laptop. If that is true, you
could install Windows from scratch on the original disk.

On the contrary, I wanted to preserve it in case I need to request
warranty coverage.

then there's no need to boot from it or use it at all.

But no harm in making use of it.

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Cheers, Carlos.