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I am looking for some help regarding my friends 'Tiny' PC.

Does the Factory Reset disk contain a full XP OEM installation, or does it
restore the installation from a hidden partition on the HDD? I have read on
the Tiny.com website that I could by a restore disc for £29.99...

I may have to format her HDD, could I install a new retail copy of XP Home
ie are there any conflicts with the Tiny hardware..

I am sorry if these questions sound a bit basic but as Tiny have packed up
and reinvented themselves as Tiny.com the online help is next to useless

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jel183(UK)

"jel183(UK)" <> wrote in message
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>I am looking for some help regarding my friends 'Tiny' PC.
>
> Does the Factory Reset disk contain a full XP OEM installation, or does it
> restore the installation from a hidden partition on the HDD? I have read
> on the Tiny.com website that I could by a restore disc for £29.99...
>
> I may have to format her HDD, could I install a new retail copy of XP Home
> ie are there any conflicts with the Tiny hardware..
>
> I am sorry if these questions sound a bit basic but as Tiny have packed up
> and reinvented themselves as Tiny.com the online help is next to useless
>
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> HTH - Any Advice Appreciated - Please Reply To Newsgroup Only
>
> jel183(UK)
>
Hey, Tiny are flogging PCs with Linspire on them. Save yourself a few
million headaches and D/L install *any* Linux distribution on it. Hint: any
Linux distribution such as Mandrake, Fedora, Gentoo, SuSE etcetera will do
fine. I've just dumped Mandrake 10.1 onto this box in less than an hour,
updates included, I'm still trying with XP Pro after 12 hours and umpteen
reboots. If only I didn't need it for one work oriented application it would
be trashed permenently.
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Parko
****ed off with Windows.

>I'm still trying with XP Pro after 12 hours and umpteen
> reboots.

Then youre clearly retarded in some way. OS and all applications incl.
Office 2003, Adobe Acrobat Writer 6, Norton Corp, Macromedia Studio MX 2004
were on my measly 2200+ in 2 hours, and i stopped for lunch halfway through.

hamman

The Reload/Backup CD contains a program to restore the operating systems and
the maker's software from the hidden partition on the disk. It does not
contain the operating system.

You cannot format the disk, or install a retail copy of XP without first
obtaining a CD from Time/Tiny, which I understand should be available at no
charge. This C.D. enables the removal of the hidden partition.

You will now appreciate how Time in co-operation with M$ are exploiting
their customers. If the disk has crashed you will have to purchase the
operating system again. They are having their cake and eating it.


"jel183(UK)" <> wrote in message
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|I am looking for some help regarding my friends 'Tiny' PC.
|
| Does the Factory Reset disk contain a full XP OEM installation, or does it
| restore the installation from a hidden partition on the HDD? I have read
on
| the Tiny.com website that I could by a restore disc for £29.99...
|
| I may have to format her HDD, could I install a new retail copy of XP Home
| ie are there any conflicts with the Tiny hardware..
|
| I am sorry if these questions sound a bit basic but as Tiny have packed up
| and reinvented themselves as Tiny.com the online help is next to useless
|
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| HTH - Any Advice Appreciated - Please Reply To Newsgroup Only
|
| jel183(UK)
|
|

Thanks, this is what I suspected... Do you have the link for the free CD so
I can install a new HDD

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jel183(UK)


"Stickems." <Stickems.@last.invalid> wrote in message
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> The Reload/Backup CD contains a program to restore the operating systems
> and
> the maker's software from the hidden partition on the disk. It does not
> contain the operating system.
>
> You cannot format the disk, or install a retail copy of XP without first
> obtaining a CD from Time/Tiny, which I understand should be available at
> no
> charge. This C.D. enables the removal of the hidden partition.
>
> You will now appreciate how Time in co-operation with M$ are exploiting
> their customers. If the disk has crashed you will have to purchase the
> operating system again. They are having their cake and eating it.
>
>
> "jel183(UK)" <> wrote in message
> news:coa52i$9rm$...
> |I am looking for some help regarding my friends 'Tiny' PC.
> |
> | Does the Factory Reset disk contain a full XP OEM installation, or does
> it
> | restore the installation from a hidden partition on the HDD? I have read
> on
> | the Tiny.com website that I could by a restore disc for £29.99...
> |
> | I may have to format her HDD, could I install a new retail copy of XP
> Home
> | ie are there any conflicts with the Tiny hardware..
> |
> | I am sorry if these questions sound a bit basic but as Tiny have packed
> up
> | and reinvented themselves as Tiny.com the online help is next to useless
> |
> | --
> | HTH - Any Advice Appreciated - Please Reply To Newsgroup Only
> |
> | jel183(UK)
> |
> |
>
>

There is no link. You will have to write to them. They will take a month or
so to answer, but be persistent, and don't take no for an answer. Report
back here if you succeed.


"jel183(UK)" <> wrote in message
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| Thanks, this is what I suspected... Do you have the link for the free CD
so
| I can install a new HDD
|
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| HTH - Any Advice Appreciated - Please Reply To Newsgroup Only
|
| jel183(UK)
|
|
| "Stickems." <Stickems.@last.invalid> wrote in message
| news:WQ4qd.2154$...
| > The Reload/Backup CD contains a program to restore the operating systems
| > and
| > the maker's software from the hidden partition on the disk. It does not
| > contain the operating system.
| >
| > You cannot format the disk, or install a retail copy of XP without first
| > obtaining a CD from Time/Tiny, which I understand should be available at
| > no
| > charge. This C.D. enables the removal of the hidden partition.
| >
| > You will now appreciate how Time in co-operation with M$ are exploiting
| > their customers. If the disk has crashed you will have to purchase the
| > operating system again. They are having their cake and eating it.
| >
| >
| > "jel183(UK)" <> wrote in message
| > news:coa52i$9rm$...
| > |I am looking for some help regarding my friends 'Tiny' PC.
| > |
| > | Does the Factory Reset disk contain a full XP OEM installation, or
does
| > it
| > | restore the installation from a hidden partition on the HDD? I have
read
| > on
| > | the Tiny.com website that I could by a restore disc for £29.99...
| > |
| > | I may have to format her HDD, could I install a new retail copy of XP
| > Home
| > | ie are there any conflicts with the Tiny hardware..
| > |
| > | I am sorry if these questions sound a bit basic but as Tiny have
packed
| > up
| > | and reinvented themselves as Tiny.com the online help is next to
useless
| > |
| > | --
| > | HTH - Any Advice Appreciated - Please Reply To Newsgroup Only
| > |
| > | jel183(UK)
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|
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