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| 163222 | 2003-07-27 07:18:00 | hi guys, I have recently purchased a cd-writer, and now I want to use the recovery disk which came with my computer (hp: 8802) to reinstall windows. I want to insert the recovery disk into the new drive since my old cd drive does not work (still installed in the computer) since i read somewhere that the hardware has to be the same in order for hte recovery disk to work. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Michael y |
michael y (1623) | ||
| 163223 | 2003-07-27 07:21:00 | >since i read somewhere that the > hardware has to be the same in order for hte recovery > disk to work. oops, meant to write: will it work on the cd-writer (new drive)?? Any help greatly appreciated Michael Y |
michael y (1623) | ||
| 163224 | 2003-07-27 07:25:00 | I have done exactly that on exactly the same machine (8802) Yes it works, the recovery disk is keyed to the motherboard and not the other hardware. I replaced the CD drive with a CD-RW quite early on, and had no problem with recovery disk operation. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 163225 | 2003-07-27 07:26:00 | If the old cd-rom doesn't work you may as wel remove it & bin it, Just set the jumper on the cd-writer the same as the old cd-rom & you can't go wrong. Cheers Steve |
Steve Askew (119) | ||
| 163226 | 2003-07-27 07:27:00 | thx alot godfather | michael y (1623) | ||
| 163227 | 2003-07-27 07:28:00 | ok, will do when I have time thx for the advice everyone Michael Y |
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