ME CD

According to various computer magazines i should have been
supplied with a windows me cd when i bought my computer as
me was pre-loaded.I have a recovery disc.If i ever needed
a cd would i be able to get one from my computer
manufacturer FOC ?
Chris

Noel
Sat Feb 28 17:02:28 CST 2004

No - they fulfilled their commitment by supplying you with a Recovery disk.

OTOH - you should be able to make one for yourself, if you have a CD
burner - just copy the entire contents of the C:\Windows\Options folder to
the CD, and that should do it - it'll also act as backup if you need it.


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"Chris" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3c0b01c3fe4d$db6aeae0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> According to various computer magazines i should have been
> supplied with a windows me cd when i bought my computer as
> me was pre-loaded.I have a recovery disc.If i ever needed
> a cd would i be able to get one from my computer
> manufacturer FOC ?
> Chris

Mike
Sat Feb 28 17:02:22 CST 2004

Regrettably there is no requirement that you be supplied with a Win Me when
you bought your PC. What Microsoft does require is that the manufacturer
provide the user with the means of restoring their system to the condition it
was in when delivered. That requirement is satisfied in various ways by
different OEMs and include a) providing an OEM or Microsoft Win Me CD, or, b)
providing a recovery CD that contains an image of the system as supplied and
can be used to restore the PC to the state it was in when delivered and c),
similar to b) but rather than a recover CD an image of the system is stored in
a hidden partition on the hard disk and the user can then restore the system
from that floppy using a floppy supplied by the manufacturer.

Check the documentation that came with your PC to determine which of the above
applies in your case.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP
mcmaltby@hotmail.com


Chris <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> According to various computer magazines i should have been
> supplied with a windows me cd when i bought my computer as
> me was pre-loaded.I have a recovery disc.If i ever needed
> a cd would i be able to get one from my computer
> manufacturer FOC ?
> Chris

upscope
Sat Feb 28 18:37:33 CST 2004

Mike I agree with what you say but option three is a very poor way of
meeting this requirement. That is the way HP supplies systems. My friend
(not computer literate) got one like this. Lucky for him I told him to make
a recovery copy on CD. HP allows one copy. If I had not told him, the
didn't, and his hard disk crashed he would have been up a creek. Also you
can not even look in the recovery partition that HP supplies, its locked and
changing the folder attr. does not change it. I guess we could have used the
attr command from a dos prompt and possibly changed it. I have two Micron
systems and they both came with a Windows CD. Thats the way they should
come, without it you may have a problem with a future upgrade that asks for
the original CD!

"Mike M" <No_Spam@Corned_Beef.Only> wrote in message
news:eYQY58k$DHA.3960@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Regrettably there is no requirement that you be supplied with a Win Me
when
> you bought your PC. What Microsoft does require is that the manufacturer
> provide the user with the means of restoring their system to the condition
it
> was in when delivered. That requirement is satisfied in various ways by
> different OEMs and include a) providing an OEM or Microsoft Win Me CD, or,
b)
> providing a recovery CD that contains an image of the system as supplied
and
> can be used to restore the PC to the state it was in when delivered and
c),
> similar to b) but rather than a recover CD an image of the system is
stored in
> a hidden partition on the hard disk and the user can then restore the
system
> from that floppy using a floppy supplied by the manufacturer.
>
> Check the documentation that came with your PC to determine which of the
above
> applies in your case.
> --
> Mike Maltby MS-MVP
> mcmaltby@hotmail.com
>
>
> Chris <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > According to various computer magazines i should have been
> > supplied with a windows me cd when i bought my computer as
> > me was pre-loaded.I have a recovery disc.If i ever needed
> > a cd would i be able to get one from my computer
> > manufacturer FOC ?
> > Chris
>
>

Mike
Sat Feb 28 18:45:31 CST 2004

I agree that supplying a Win Me CD is the ideal solution but there is no legal
requirement on the vendor to do so. With XP it is the norm to provide a
recovery CD and few if any OEM's provide an XP CD.

As for upgrading there is no problem, the only problem arising when the user
wishes to clean install their new OS. With a recovery CD or partition they
need first to install that OS and then upgrade so as to satisfy the
qualification for an upgrade. Fortunately XP offers the option to clean
install from a Win Me base so whilst the need to first install Win Me might be
considered to be tedious (it is) it doesn't prevent the user from upgrading.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP
mcmaltby@hotmail.com


upscope <russbucket@centurytel.net> wrote:

> Mike I agree with what you say but option three is a very poor way of
> meeting this requirement. That is the way HP supplies systems. My friend
> (not computer literate) got one like this. Lucky for him I told him to
> make a recovery copy on CD. HP allows one copy. If I had not told him, the
> didn't, and his hard disk crashed he would have been up a creek. Also you
> can not even look in the recovery partition that HP supplies, its locked
> and changing the folder attr. does not change it. I guess we could have
> used the attr command from a dos prompt and possibly changed it. I have
> two Micron systems and they both came with a Windows CD. Thats the way
> they should come, without it you may have a problem with a future upgrade
> that asks for the original CD!

upscope
Sat Feb 28 19:58:41 CST 2004

Thanks for the info. I still like the good old fashion way and would pay
something extra to get a CD.
"Mike M" <No_Spam@Corned_Beef.Only> wrote in message
news:OCqCa2l$DHA.4060@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> I agree that supplying a Win Me CD is the ideal solution but there is no
legal
> requirement on the vendor to do so. With XP it is the norm to provide a
> recovery CD and few if any OEM's provide an XP CD.
>
> As for upgrading there is no problem, the only problem arising when the
user
> wishes to clean install their new OS. With a recovery CD or partition
they
> need first to install that OS and then upgrade so as to satisfy the
> qualification for an upgrade. Fortunately XP offers the option to clean
> install from a Win Me base so whilst the need to first install Win Me
might be
> considered to be tedious (it is) it doesn't prevent the user from
upgrading.
> --
> Mike Maltby MS-MVP
> mcmaltby@hotmail.com
>
>
> upscope <russbucket@centurytel.net> wrote:
>
> > Mike I agree with what you say but option three is a very poor way of
> > meeting this requirement. That is the way HP supplies systems. My friend
> > (not computer literate) got one like this. Lucky for him I told him to
> > make a recovery copy on CD. HP allows one copy. If I had not told him,
the
> > didn't, and his hard disk crashed he would have been up a creek. Also
you
> > can not even look in the recovery partition that HP supplies, its locked
> > and changing the folder attr. does not change it. I guess we could have
> > used the attr command from a dos prompt and possibly changed it. I have
> > two Micron systems and they both came with a Windows CD. Thats the way
> > they should come, without it you may have a problem with a future
upgrade
> > that asks for the original CD!
>
>