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Since almost all of our systems have the COA for xp on the bottom, one could postulate that one panny xp image is as good as another, from a EULA/legal standpoint.
I have an mk1 that was shipped with 2k. I acquired a coa sticker, transferred it to my unit, and got my hands on the oem cd's. But, ALAS, it won't work becuase there is a system of checks built into the cd's that reads your model number (and thusly, whether or not it should have xp on it).
So, to install the "wrong" panny xp image on my mk1, I did the following:
create an iso of disk 1
extract "AUTOMAIN.BAT" and edit it as follows:
delete "echo off"
leave "Promt $P$G"
remove everything before "rcv_os check" and leave everything after untouched
It should look something like this:
(only not etc, etc, etc... but the actual rest of the bat as it was
Next, delete the old automain.bat from the iso, and drop the new one in.PROMPT $P$G
rem -------------------------------
rem RCV_OS check (as HD recovery)
rem -------------------------------
:PRECHKAC
if "%RCV_OS%" == "XP_PRO" etc, etc, etc....
burn,
boot,
install
DUN
Now, I don't know about the image cd's for other than mk1, but I'm assuming they are all set up about the same, and I don't believe that there is such a significant difference in hardware that it would be an issue to cross mk#s' images (as far as xp cares). Dunno.
Anyway, I hope it helps, I know a few people have had issues with which image they have vs which mk they have.
This should force the restore cd to install on ,wrong COA , and specialised toughbook models
Alex