On Jan 24, 1:56 pm, "Jim" <er...@xxxxxx> wrote:
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> "R. C. White" <r...@xxxxxx> wrote in messagenews:390910E7-01CB-4A86-883A-0B3EB9239858@xxxxxx
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> > Thanks for the post back. Now that you've told us The Rest of the Story,
> > we understand your original question.
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> > What you got from Microsoft, of course, was the disk, not the license.
> > And the license is the expensive part, not the small piece of special
> > plastic. Microsoft provides no support with the plastic. That comes with
> > the license.
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> > I know you knew that, Jim, but some of those "reading over our shoulders"
> > might not.
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> > RC
> > --
> > R. C. White, CPA
> > San Marcos, TX
> > r...@xxxxxx
> > Microsoft Windows MVP
> > (Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)
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> > "Jim" <er...@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> >news:OwIiVooXIHA.4440@xxxxxx
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> >> "Mick Murphy" <MickMur...@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> >>news:AF49818C-B4AE-4EB4-9014-948778D1A22A@xxxxxx
> >>> Microsoft will NOT provide you with a DVD.
> >>> It is the OEM computer Manufacturer's responsibility.
> >>> Read what I wrote!
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> >>> And is does matter where you got the licence.
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> >>> "Jim" wrote:
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> >>>> "Mick Murphy" <MickMur...@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> >>>>news:18F3C5F8-1CA1-4C91-9B03-E551ADA47BB4@xxxxxx
> >>>> > We have to assume that you have bought a computer from Dell, HP, etc,
> >>>> > with
> >>>> > Vista pre-installed.
> >>>> > You don't give any info!
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> >>>> > Contact the seller as they have to provide you with a way to do an OS
> >>>> > Recovery, either by supplying a Vista OEM DVD, or telling you(in
> >>>> > their
> >>>> > manual, software, or phone support) how to make Recovery disk from a
> >>>> > partition that they have placed on your Hard Drive.
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> >>>> > It is nothing to do with Microsoft.
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> >>>> > "jarb...@xxxxxx" wrote:
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> >>>> >> I have an OEM license for Vista premium and no media was provided
> >>>> >> for
> >>>> >> backup or restore, I understand that Microsoft will send me a DVD if
> >>>> >> I
> >>>> >> pay for shipping. Is the DVD a full copy? Can I boot from the DVD
> >>>> >> and
> >>>> >> resize my partition?
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> >>>> That has nothing to do with my question. It doesn't matter where I got
> >>>> the
> >>>> license I know have a recovery partition and I'm well aware of that and
> >>>> how
> >>>> to use it. My question is STILL, will the DVD Microsoft provide me a
> >>>> full
> >>>> bootable version?
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> >> I apologize. I over reacted and I'm being a jerk.
> >> This is what happened as far as the lisence goes.
> >> The local computer store was having a sale as he was moving out west.That
> >> was a few months ago as I finally have the time to work on my project.
> >> I bought a nice little box with Vista pre installed for dirt cheap. I
> >> plan on making it a gaming box after a few hardware upgrades (memory
> >> power supply etc.)
> >> There is of course no one to call as I have no idea where he is.
> >> I called MS and they are sending a DVD for 7 bucks shipping.
> >> I could have bought an OEM DVD on ebay for about 100 bucks but of course
> >> I'm trying to avoid that. I hate not having a disc for the obvious
> >> reasons, in case I mess up the upgrades and have to start from scratch.
> >> That's my way to long story. I was trying to keep it short and wasn't
> >> very clear.
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> Thanks RC. That still doesn't answer my question. I guess I'll find out when
> the disk arrives. It'll be a nice surprise, one way or the other. Sounds like the OP just wants to know if he can boot from the
Microsoft supplied "retail version" DVD (I'm sure he can) and perform
certain recovery and configuration options, even though his installed
OS is an OEM version.