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		davidf18 on June 15, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Newegg Still Telling Customers That Installing New... The original laptop in question was a Thinkpad. Thinkpads have restore disks. I always install my own OS and then use the restore disks to restore the system to its original purchased condition by using the restore disks. I think most brands work this way. With my Mac Air I have a Bootcamp dual boot with both OSX and Windows 7. One can restore Macs also to their original software installed status.

ihsw on June 15, 2012 [–]

Although restore disks are great it might be prudent to buy an additional disk drive and store the stock one away until time comes for RMA or otherwise.

This way the condition of the laptop cannot be so easily disputed.

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