does fujitsu laptops come with xp cd?

mine did not, so i was wondering if any of you guys came with one. it was from newegg but it is brand new and not a refurbished barbone. it comes with driver cds and everything but no windows cd so i thought that was weird. please tell me, those of you with fujitsu's if you have the windows cd with it.

 

I have the recovery CD.
With this CD I can delete xp and again install whenever I want.

 

Bought my N5010 from portable one and it came with recovery CD's- One for XP, one for factory image of HD, one for drivers. VERY nice. Way better than a dell system I got for the lab- thing didn't even come with a driver CD and most devices weren't detected by windows.

 

NewEgg ships the Fujitsus with a recovery CD and driver cd. Portable One ships the same unless you purchase the "retail" version of XPPro for $45 more. Then you get the full program CD. Regards, Ace [8D]

<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by barnardeep

 

can anybody confirm if you can "upgrade" to the retail xp from portableone? i asked about it before and they said they couldn't do it but now i'm finally ready to buy

 

Forgive my lack of knowledge what is the difference between a recovery Cd and a regular CD of the program?

 

A recovery CD is a customized installation package that includes the Operating System and any other *required* programs. They then give you an application CD for all other software programs that came with the unit, to install at your leisure.

It's better to have the recovery CD for a Laptop, as the installation of Windows is very customized for them. For example, the recovery CD is pre-programmed with the Windows XP CD-key. That's nice isn't it?

Also, the recovery CD can wipe all data securely for you by writing binary over your data. That is useful if you one day plan to sell the unit.

 

yeah, but it's not hard to install drivers and use Eraser to wipe the drive if needed. what "required" programs are there? nothing that shouldn't be downloaded & updated anyway, right?

besides, if i'm paying for the os, i want a copy of the real os. i don't want it tied to a particcular computer or have pre-installed drivers & apps like a recovery cd. if the laptop dies or just bc i want to, i want to be able to install it on anything.

 

Anyway once windows is activated on one machine you cannot activate it on another, unless you contact MS. If I am not mistaken.
I so much prefer the corporate editions and the no need for activation!
But you're right. you should have the right to use the license on any machine you want since you paid for it, as long as you don't use the license on 2 different machines at the same time.
But with the laws enforced (mainly due to pressures from MS) that no computer can be sold without having an OS installed on it. You are practically forced to buy a license every time you buy a new PC even if the old license that you had will remain unused, unless you custom build one on your own.

Well MS is getting richer for sure, don't you just feel happier knowing that [ ]

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Well, since the price of the OS is cheaper for the Manufacturer you get a break. It doesn't cost a large company $130.00 a copy for M$ O/S.

Your paying for a OEM copy made for THAT system; as it states on the CD.

The license agreement for the recovery CD would be different than one bought retail at a store.

Also, in the case of my N3510, I have to use the restore CD if I wish to have the TV tuner software installed.

It's also nice installing a copy of Windows that has all the drivers pre-loaded. I spend less time installing, and more time working.

 

personally, i prefer to install the drivers from scratch.

i know how it works & besides all that... i just want to know if they'll do it. i don't want a recovery cd.

 

No they wont do it. If you need it so bad, you will have to buy a copy.

If you like to do things so manual, then why are you using XP anyway?

Besides, even when you install drivers "by hand", the OS is still doing all the installing.... That's what the windows installer does. Even if you think that the drivers own installer is doing it, most of the time it's not.

 

i'm not sure why you seem to be giving me a hard time. you and i just prefer different ways of doing things. for ME, the full cd or even a discount for no OS is better than xp on recovery cds. the only exception is if the manufacturer provides something i absolutely need on the recovery cd that is not available anywhere else. that is rare & would have been my second question.

i didn't mention installing w/out the windows installer or wanting to run anything other than xp, so i don't know where you're going w/ those two things. wanting the flexibility that a full xp cd offers (which is also available oem) is not as unusual as you make it sound. every other geek i know hates recovery cds & would opt for the un-monkeyed with version in a heartbeat.

it comes down to personal preference, technical knowledge & the user's specific needs/wants. if you'd like to discuss the positives and negatives of recovery cds vs. the full xp cd, we can do that. i was only seeking confirmation of lazyace's post.

 

I have 7+ years worth of repair/networking exp. as well as training from CISCO.

As a techi myself, I will tell you; It doesn't bother me either way, recovery or "full".

If you are a really techi, then you have extra copies floating around anyway. I have several different Operating Systems around here, even OS2.

So no, I don't think that "geeks" always prefer the OEM/Full CD.

I am not giving you a hard time; you wanted to know if they would give you a "full copy"... The answer is of course no. As I stated before, the price of the Laptop/Desktop includes a recovery CD, not the "full CD".

 

<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by ChaosBlizzard