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to: Frank Haber
from: Gary Britt
date: 2005-11-18 11:24:40
subject: Re: Help with new laptop

From: "Gary Britt" 

Thanks for the warning.  I'll make sure that both machines are at sp2
levels before one to the other.

Gary

"Frank Haber"  wrote in message
news:437df549$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Gary, be very careful.  Check the VERSION of the command console.  There's
a
> common problem with OEM windows (Dell, etc.), where the hard disk is just
an
> image of a standard image created with MS's distribution tool.  If the
> cmdconsole is back-version (like from the "recovery CD" you get from
Dell),
> several operations under the console, NOT limited to boot-fixing ones, can
> render your HD unbootable.  Nice, eh?
>

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