Windows CDs for recovery purposes

[Jason M Normand]

The key is that the owner of the system have a license, ie a key for 
registration. The trick is what license the owner (oem, retail, ect) has 
and if they have the key. Basically if the computer doesnt have a 
windows authenticity sticker with a working key then we should not be 
installing windows on it even if it had it on it previously. It would be 
best for them to bring their own disk, especially if they have restore 
disks. However having some around just in case isnt a bad idea either.

Martin Owens wrote:
>> Using Windows recovery cd's does not require a license. I will be bringing a
>> few of these myself in case we need them. XP Home, Pro and OEM of both.
>>     
>
> OK just for the record Mike: The Windows Recovery and Installation CDs
> are Copyright Microsoft; the law states that a copyright holder has
> all right reserved which means that without a license grant or public
> domain statement the media requires a license weather you like it or
> not. If you bought a non OEM version then I believe you have a
> license, but no one else does and you have to be damn careful to read
> the terms since I have no idea if the CDs are per machine coded in
> some way.
>
>   
>> The server i'll be bringing has about 100gigs of space on it without the
>> Ubuntu iso's I plan on downloading which shouldn't be too much. I'll also be
>> bringing at least a couple hard drives with a usb enclosure to do backups if
>> need be. I have a couple 250's i'll be bringing. Not to mention my 60GB ipod
>> and some other random hard drives. If anyone else has any usb hard drive
>> enclosures, it might be helpful to bring them. I'll probably invest in buying
>> a few down the road. They're useful for backups and for recovering data off of
>> hard drives from someone's pc.
>>     
>
> I was looking at tying Bacula to Avahi together last night, Bacula is
> a very complex system and I'm looking for a guiding hand in creating
> the code required to get zeroconf backups to work.
>
> Best regards, Martin Owens
>
>   


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