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    TW> In the case of my laptop the System restore disk I made did   
    TW> not work because I had to replace the Hard Drive and it   
    TW> will not restore to a New Hard Drive   
      
    Say what?   
      
    TW> I ended up downloading the Free form MS Win 7 .iso   
    TW> believing I could use the Procuct key off the tag on the   
    TW> "Refurbished" laptop only to find that MS does not   
    TW> recognize the tags on refurbished laptops.   
      
    Uh... I do beleive you have grounds to I would think you would   
    have cause to go back to the dealer and get it reinstalled.   
      
    OTOH, did you use windows system restore? I would expect Norton   
    Ghost to do it.   
      
    TW> Since it was to be a Transcription laptop for the wife I   
    TW> installed linuxMint and the abiword wordprocessor. That   
    TW> will do the job for her ---   
      
    Ok, a solution that is excellent for a non-tech user.   
      
      
      
   BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn   
      
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