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May 18th, 2004, 05:54 AM
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Dell Restore CDs
I had to reinstall a DVD program on this Gateway system. I couldn't find my the copy of PowerDVD that came with the system...
I did have a copy of the Dell restoration CD that I got for a new Dell at work though.
When I popped in the CD, it would come up and tell me that the CD could only be used on a Dell.
I poked around a bit and found a "hidden file" called custom.ini on the CD.
I copied the CD to my HD.
Then make one small change in the custom.ini and it works right away.
I don't have the CD on me at the moment... but I believe it was something like.
Vender=Dell
I changed it to
Vender=Gateway
Why would they make it so easy to circumvent?
I'll check the exact line I changed tomorrow when I get in... I just wanted to post this before I forgot.
EDIT: I just checked it. I was wrong... it wasn't "setup.ini", it was "custom.ini".
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