Thanks
CAT III, I'll come back after a probe round - having just started at 00:30.
mixture, it has a Windows8 sticker on the bottom, just like the one from Bust Buy but this one is in good condition. A bit more about that.
When I got the display model from BB, the sticker was in a tatty condition, about 20mm
square and it looked as if they'd removed the number part I thought perhaps because people steal them. Their Geek Squad said, No, its identity is now stored in the machine. Seemed a good ploy to protect software and I thought no more about it, well, not the sticker anyway. I was concerned about trying to breath life into it if it failed 'down the route.' (I'd got a UK friend's Vista going again this summer with my backup discs.)
It all became academic when I returned the unit. However, now I'm in the same boat again.
The computer was advertised on Craig$list and sold by a young chap who is employed by a local tech company. He had purchased a Mac. It seemed his trade's interface software would not work on W8 and he had stated the Asus was running W7. I assumed he'd rolled it back from 8 as per MS agreement, but he, like me, objected to the bizarre number of logical drives devoted to the system and recovery. I was pleased about that until he dropped the bombshell about the source of the soft while in my house. He assured me A, that it was kosher, and B, that he'd put it back to W8 if I wished. It's a bit of a drive to his workshops, plus a lot of hanging around, so I'd like to do it myself it possible. Now, here's the thing. If I do the normal re-install, I'm stuck with the partitions again. Erm, I am, aren't I? Or is that quite separate Asus issue?
The other thing is that it's an Ultimate version on it now. I somehow doubt the roll-back would have been that. Difficult one, and I want to get this right before loading my Office etc., as I'd already loaded that on the one I returned and am wondering about MS and the number of times I can do that. (A 3 seat copy.) I'm sure life was never this complicated.
You can typically find the COA sticker on the body of the computer or, for some newer laptops, inside the battery compartment.
Ah, but then this doesn't have such a compartment.
this fishy smelling laptop you've acquired ?
I have to say in these early hours, I'm a little worried. Having run though the checks CAT linked, I see it hasn't been activated. I'm just wondering what I'm going to find next.
It's not just the money, but I stood talking on my drive for half an hour with this guy and got so involved with chatting I didn't even make a note of his Reg number which I normally do. I'd be greatly saddened if he was being dishonest. But then, I'm the most gullible person on Earth. Because I wouldn't dump my problems on someone, I more often than not assume they won't do it to me. Doh!
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