[Novalug] Laptop question again.

[Ken Kauffman]

My buddy JUST BOUGHT an HP 17" laptop.  There is a partition on the 
drive that has the reinstall image for recovery.  I have not had a 
chance to see if I can dump that to CD, but there is a recovery OS on 
the hard drive.  It may be that you use something like Knoppix to boot 
then burn the partition/image to DVD.  His only apprehension with buying 
the laptop is that the current iteration of HP laptops has a shiny 
exterior that can scratch easily.

I have an HP laptop 15" from 4 years ago that I love.  It has a rugged 
grey exterior and has performed flawlessly.  I did do some upgrades and 
take to/from work in the car and on the motorcycle.

Ken

Subba Rao wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>  
> I went to Best Buy today to buy a laptop.  There were quite a few that I 
> liked.  There was a HP 17" monitor with dual disk (perfect for Vista + 
> Linux setup) that I liked.  However the saleman mentioned that there is 
> no Vista CD to reinstall Vista.  I mentioned about my goal to use VIsta 
> + Linux on the laptop.  The salesman kept repeating that Microsoft does 
> not give out Vista CD anymore (to beat piracy).  The only way to restore 
> the system is to backup the system  and reinstall it.  Is this true?  Is 
> this a Best Buy setup or a typical new Vista systems setup?
>  
> Any experiences with Vista (without CD) to install along with Linux?
>  
> Thank you in advance for any information.
>  
> Regards,
>  
> Subbarao
>  
> 
> 
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