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Old April 13th 05, 01:05 PM
Joan Archer
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If his copy came preloaded then it would be an OEM version and would be
tied to that machine so if it dies then the licence goes with it, that
is why they are much cheaper than a full retail copy.
Joan

Mojo wrote:


My brother's pc is dying and using the recovery disk doesn't work, I
suspect either virus of hard disk malfunction, and it seems wrong to
purchase another version of XP when you've already purchased it with
the PC.

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