From: "Rich" 

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   It would be but I didn't.  It was a Dell system sold with Windows XP. =
 I installed Vista for my own use.  When I gave it away I reinstalled =
the Dell provided Windows XP.

   I don't want two partitions.  The BIOS limit is a nuisance and why I =
got the other system when I did.  I wanted a Core 2 processor and didn't =
think I could wait.  It turns out I could which is why I gave that one =
away and expect to get a Core 2 based system in the future.

Rich

  "Geo"  wrote in message
news:4557b006{at}w3.nls.net...
  Is it legal to give away a vista system?

  That bios issue is a real pita, it's one of the reasons I always =
create 2 partitions.

  Geo.
    "Rich"  wrote in message news:4556aa32{at}w3.nls.net...
       Windows XP on this system.  The computer running Vista worked =
great but I gave it away.  The problem with this system is that I have a =
160 GB boot drive and a BIOS that only supports 128 GB.  When any boot =
file resides in part beyond 128 GB the system won't boot.

    Rich

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   It would be but I =
didn't.  It was=20
a Dell system sold with Windows XP.  I installed Vista for my
own=20 use.  When I gave it away I reinstalled the Dell provided
Windows=20 XP.
 
   I don't want two =
partitions.  The=20
BIOS limit is a nuisance and why I got the other system when I = did.  I=20
wanted a Core 2 processor and didn't think I could wait.  It turns
= out I=20
could which is why I gave that one away and expect to get a Core 2 based = system=20
in the future.
 
Rich
 

  "Geo" <georger{at}nls.net>">mailto:georger{at}nls.net">georger{at}nls.net>
wrote=20
  in message news:4557b006{at}w3.nls.net...
  Is it legal to give away a vista=20
  system?
   
  That bios issue is a real pita, it's =
one of the=20
  reasons I always create 2 partitions.
   
  Geo.
  

    "Rich" <{at}> wrote in message news:4556aa32{at}w3.nls.net...
      
Windows XP on this =
system. =20
    The computer running Vista worked great but I gave it away.  =
The=20
    problem with this system is that I have a 160 GB boot drive and a =
BIOS that=20
    only supports 128 GB.  When any boot file resides in part =
beyond 128 GB=20
    the system won't boot.
     
    Rich
     

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