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PostPosted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 6:36 am 
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If I purchase the OEM version of WHS do I get a fourth disc? A disc that enables me to set up a headless install? I seem to recall that I do. Is this disc down loadable from Microsoft somewhere?

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 7:35 am 
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No, only three disks are in the OEM package and I never seen reference to another downloadable one.

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 7:30 pm 
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erail wrote:
No, only three disks are in the OEM package and I never seen reference to another downloadable one.



Correct, only 3 disc's

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 8:40 am 
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I've got an OEM case with four disks in it in my hand. An OEM Preinstallation Kit (afor mentioned headless install creation instructions), Server Installation with PP1, Home Computer Restore CD and Windows Home Server Connector software.


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My OEM pack also includes four (4) disks. The OEM preinstallation kit CD, Server Installation DVD, Home Computer Restore CD, and Windows Home Server Connector software CD. The main box only contains 3 disks and the preinstallation kit CD is in a separate paper sleeve.


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I have 2 OEM sets and have never received a pre-installation disk. I guess I didn't know what I have been missing.

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 1:38 pm 
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erail wrote:
I have 2 OEM sets and have never received a pre-installation disk. I guess I didn't know what I have been missing.


I'm sorry you got left out. :P However, I don't think you're really missing much of anything. I didn't use the pre-installation disk that came with mine and didn't even really notice it until this question came up.


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The OEM Preinstallation Disk is what OEM's like HP/Acer/Lenovo/etc use to build the server recovery image, perform sysprep, etc. One could build their own Recovery Image this way if you were so inclined, but Windows would still have to be activated with each install.

I believe there were some "Systembuilder" kits that shipped with the OPK disk but most I have seen only included the 3 standard disks.

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