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@bagwis: meron po, and this is particular to branded laptops that are bundled with a "hidden" na recovery partition, as I have explained in one of my previous posts. Laptop po ang computer niya.
Yung recovery partition po kasi, it contains a legitimate/original/licensed copy of MS Windows. If you follow my conversation with Boopols, ang pinangtutukuyan namin is yung Recovery Partition kung saan usually may stored copy ng licensed/original/legitimate MS Windows. Ginagawa po ng mga manufacturers ng branded laptops, they put a copy of MS Windows in a "hidden" partition which they normally call the Recovery Partition. Purpose niyan is so that in the event na ang customer ay nagka-problem sa MS Windows and he/she decides to restore/reinstall a copy (while retaining the license that they paid for as part of the laptop purchase), they can easily recover it.
Yup, and as Boopols has mentioned, part ng trabaho ko is to support branded laptops, so ganun po talaga ang policy (and these things are published in the respective websites of the manufacturers, e.g. Dell, Lenovo, Samsung, HP, etc.).
Explanation:
Ang Microsoft, whenever they release MS Windows, binebenta nila yan through different "channels":
1. Volume License: typically ang mga target market ng Microsoft is yung mga offices/businesses. Kaya volume license, ibig sabihin, one CD/Installer/Product Key can be used multiple times to install and activate multiple PCs.
2. Retail: ito yung MS Windows that are sold "through the shelves" ("shelf" = retail store). Ito yung binibili deretso ng general consumer population.
3. OEM License: ito yung uri ng License/Product Key na dinidistribute ng Microsoft sa mga manufacturers ng branded computers.
Side note: with this knowledge, madali ninyong malaman kung "pirated" ang copy ng MS Windows ng kaibigan ninyo. Obviously kung end-user consumer siya, dapat hindi "Volume License" ang Product Key ng MS Windows niya.
Dapat either "Retail" lang yan at "OEM" (pero kung "OEM" ibig sabihin dapat ang computer niya ay branded at hindi assembled).Going back...
Reason why I had to explain the above is para maging relevant ang conversation natin sa case ni Boopol, and to explain kung bakit "may kinalaman" ang "software" sa warranty niya, being an owner of a branded laptop that contains a copy of MS Windows (na OEM license ang product key nun).
1. Manufacturers will NEVER issue the product key of MS Windows to an end-user.
2. So paano kung kailangang i-reinstall ng end-user ang MS Windows? Answer: diyan papasok ang Warranty Status ng item/device. If the item is within warranty, the customer can ship it to the manufacturer (via their authorized service center) since only the manufacturers have the product key to reactivate MS Windows.
3. OR...in the case of newer laptops, what the manufacturers did is to create a "Recovery Partition". Naka-embed po ang Product Key sa mismong chip ng isang branded computer. So with a "one-touch recovery" solution, the laptop will look for the hidden partition to reinstall and reactivate MS Windows.
Because of this model, if an end-user deletes that "hidden" partition (Recovery Partition), the end-user essentially tampers it, thereby voiding the warranty. If the end-user does this, and wants to have MS Windows reinstalled and reactivated, puwede pa rin. However, the manufacturer will already charge a fee (kaya dun nila pinanghuhugutan kung under warranty pa ang product or hindi).
These things are freely published by manufacturers sa websites nila sa Warranty Terms and Conditions so this is not a secret.
P.S.: sa talakayang ito, we are not including "pirated" MS Windows ha. Usapang legal copy lang. Of course, Boopols can always pirate a copy and never have to worry about warranty and freely do whatever he wants with his "hidden" or Recovery Partition.
@Boopols: as long as the Recovery Partition is kept intact, the warranty should not be void. Yun nga lang, medyo "masikip" ang gagalawan ninyo since 3 partitions lang ang puwede ninyong galawin (the 4th partition kasi is the "Recovery" partition).
It's not Ubuntu's fault: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI. Also, the "wubi" method of install is not designed as a "permanent" way of installing Ubuntu. Read more about it in my previous/old post: http://www.symbianize.com/showthread.php?t=261361&page=77.
Easy Way: make sure you're connected to the Internet and run "Update Manager". Parang "Windows Update" kumbaga. It will update your system and kasama na dun yung tools/drivers needed to mount an NTFS drive/partition/filesystem.
Geeky Way: open Terminal and edit /etc/fstab. Pero based on your post it looks like bago kayo sa Ubuntu. Dun po muna kayo sa "easy way"...tutal eh parehas lang na "two points" yun, whether simpleng jump shot or paikot-ikutin sa katawan ang bola.
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