Hi Graham, I'm disappointed that HP do this. I remember going through serious hoops a while back after someone re-formatted their hard drive, and installed a perfectly legal and genuine copy of Microsoft's Windows. I swore after that that I would never buy one of their systems. George.=20 > -----Original Message----- > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20 > [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Graham Longly > Sent: 28 June 2004 09:43 > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] Re: ADVICE ON THIS PC >=20 > Hi Andrew! >=20 > I've recently done some tech support with a lady who recently=20 > bought an HP Pavilion desktop PC and the issue with the=20 > recovery being on a separate partition on the hard drive=20 > rather than on a CD still exists. The recovery is on drive d=20 > and you access this by pressing f10. Also it uses an Intel=20 > 82845g graphics chip which uses the Intel extreme graphics=20 > driver which has been a problem in some cases with people=20 > using lookout/dual! Cheers! >=20 > Graham >=20 >=20 > MSN to - graham_longly@xxxxxxxxxxx > Text messages to 07774 208008 >=20 > Graham Longly BA GRAD CIPD CMS > Access Technology Consultant >=20 > Aspire Consultancy, York, UK > T: 01904 762788 > F: 0870 1326940 > M: 07774 208008 > E: info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > www.aspire-consultancy.co.uk >=20 > Helping visually impaired people to aspire to their full=20 > potential through specialist technology! =0AThis Message has been scanned for viruses by McAfee Groupshield. ** Going on holiday and want to halt messages? Send a message to:- ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** vacation ## d ** where ## is the number of days followed by d for days. ** For other things like digest mode, send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq