T23 OEM Recovery disks, activation and COA's.

[skygodtj]

I have seen several items on eBay that are listed as T23 Recovery disks, some as "pumped up" boot disks, some as complete disk sets with OS and apps.. but if they are complete with OS (XP Pro in this case), how does the COA licensing and activation work? If I bought a Recovery disk set from IBM, does it come with a COA, and activation key? I have a set of Recovery CD's for 600's and 600E's (Win98 I think) but have never used them.

I'm guessing the key is embedded in the disk and loads itself? No muss, no fuss, no bother because the laptop originally came already licensed from the factory with that OS, and the disks wont work in anything else?

[tfflivemb2]

They have a set number of keys that IBM used over and over. You can use the restore disks and they won't even ask for the COA, for the T2x and up.

If your system has a COA on it, then you will be fine, as long as it is the right OS. (Win2K or WinXP)

[skygodtj]

Thats kinda what I thot.. I figured the number's embedded in the disk, or when it phones home to activate, if it's seen as an OEM install/number, it says "yeah, sure, why not"

Thanks for the pm too..

teege