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    Toshiba Restore CD and Linux

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by .:Stan:., Nov 11, 2006.

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    .:Stan:. Notebook Guru

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    I was thinking to try Linux. I wan't to know, if I erase windows and install Linux will the recover cd still working?
     
    .:Stan:., Nov 11, 2006
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    Toshiba's recovery CDs are Ghost Images. So if you were dual-booting Linux and XP and needed to reinstall XP, using the Toshiba CD would whipe your Linux partitions.
     
    dragonesse, Nov 11, 2006
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