He was pretty adamant about the fact that if he were to send me a replacement installation CD, he'd be violating Microsoft's illegal software copying. However, it seems really wrong to have to purchase an OS license twice just because the installation media not a license! Browse Community. PowerEdge OS Forum. Turn on suggestions. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Showing results for. Search instead for. Did you mean:.
Last reply by MohdNajm Unsolved. ELD 2 Bronze. The product key for the pre-loaded Server is on top of the server. How can I get a copy without a license of the OEM installation media that would recognize the product key of the W2k3 Server copy that shipped with that server? Andrew Hancock - VMware vExpert. See if this solution works for you by signing up for a 7 day free trial. What do I get with a subscription? With your subscription - you'll gain access to our exclusive IT community of thousands of IT pros.
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We're a community of IT professionals committed to sharing knowledge. Comet firmly believes that it acted in the very best interests of its customers. It believes its customers had been adversely affected by the decision to stop supplying recovery discs with each new Microsoft Operating System based computer. My research shows that Comet is acting in its own financial self-interest, overcharging customers for something they can get for free or for significantly less money than Comet is asking.
I've done a brief but thorough survey of options available to customers who purchase name-brand Windows PCs, including several brands sold by Comet. Comet asserts that someone they don't say who made "a decision to stop supplying recovery discs" with new Windows PCs. That statement is not supported by any facts. I churn through a lot of PC hardware in my home and office. Many currently available PCs ship with reinstallation media.
I have an office full of business-class and high-end consumer machines from Dell and HP, purchased over a four-year period. Every one of them included reinstallation media in the box. When I recently evaluated three vintage consumer laptops from HP, Samsung, and Sony, I found reinstallation media in every box.
Some cheap consumer PCs don't include disks in the box. But every single PC sold with Windows preinstalled offers an easy way for the end user to create those recovery disks for literally pennies.
The option is usually presented to the user as part of the initial setup and is included with the option to recover the PC from a hard drive partition. Here's what Sony's Recovery utility looks like:. This report includes as many details as I could uncover about the policies and procedures that each company follows for its products. Page 2: Dell recovery and replacement policies. Page 3: HP recovery and replacement policies. Page 4: Acer, Lenovo, and Toshiba.
Dell offered the best experience of any company for which I was able to complete a request. Surprisingly, I was able to request replacement media by filling in a form and supplying a service tag number. Within a few minutes, I had a confirmation e-mail. Less than 20 minutes after placing my order, I received another e-mail indicating that the product was about to be shipped. This page and the two detailed pages for the individual backup programs offer detailed recovery instructions, both for restoring a system from a factory partition and for creating recovery media from that partition.
You can also order discs from the same page. Fill in the form at the bottom, using the Service Tag number found on the Dell PC or your order number. The only additional information you have to provide is your name and shipping address. No credit card information is required. Finally, you need to specify a reason, as shown here:. Dell limits customers to one set of backup discs containing the original factory-installed operating system.
It also provides disks with device drivers and utilities specific to the system identified by the service tag, with this note:. Please note that Dell will provide you the most up to date Resource disc available. This disc contains the latest drivers and diagnostic tools currently being shipped on new systems. Due to the frequent updates, this Resource disc may not have all the drivers needed for your specific system, especially if it is over one 1 year old.
HP has a straightforward recovery process, and its policy for providing replacement media is well integrated into its support pages.
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