CHARLES ANGELICH wrote in a message to TOM WALKER:

-->>  Hewlett Packard OEM CD. 

TW> That could make things more understandable.  Manufacturers custom tweek their "OEM" CD's to be very
TW> fully automated. THey just march off and leave you behind
TW> and you cannot stop it from Fdisking and Formatting until
TW> lit is too late. 

CA> Found this out the hard way trying to recover a trashed hard drive
CA> for my oldest son's fiance. The HP OEM CD basically wiped the drive
CA> before I realized what it was doing and she lost a book she had
CA> been writing and my son lost 100's of original
CA> music files in the process. Now I'm back to the "dumb old-guy"
CA> status who is no longer asked for advice/assistance. 

CA> To be honest - I almost prefer it this way. ;-) 

I hear ya.

I've been trying for some time now to get it across to some family members
here that I don't know windows,  don't support it,  and can't really help
them with some of the problems which they're encountering.  I think it's
finally starting to sink in...  :-)

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