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| Thread ID: 34773 | 2003-06-23 11:29:00 | PC Co. Recovery CD | knight_rider (1354) | Press F1 |
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| 154519 | 2003-06-23 11:29:00 | Hello, I have recently ordered a new Computer from The PC Company. I understand that it will come with a Windows XP "recovery" CD and not a proper MS Windows XP CD. I will want to format my HD and do a fresh install of Win XP onto my HD in the future. Will this "recovery" CD allow me to have complete control of the install process - ie select what I want (and don't want) to install and generally customise my XP installation as I would be able to from a normal MS Windows XP CD ROM?? What limitaions will there be?? Thanks, Donald J. Boyer |
knight_rider (1354) | ||
| 154520 | 2003-06-23 11:39:00 | The recovery cd will do a clean install of windows xp. Worked fine for me, although mine is an Arche recovery cd that has microsoft stamped on the top, my bet is they are exactly the same. If your thinking of chucking it on another puter though remember you only get one product activation code. | rsnic (3780) | ||
| 154521 | 2003-06-23 11:46:00 | No, I just want to be able to re-install the OS onto my own PC, not onto another. | knight_rider (1354) | ||
| 154522 | 2003-06-23 12:39:00 | Sorry but you can't do what you want the Recovery CD will restore the PC to the state it was in when you bought it. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 154523 | 2003-06-23 13:01:00 | I think they store the OS in a big pak file. Is there some way of extracting the info out of it? | PoWa (203) | ||
| 154524 | 2003-06-23 13:07:00 | No ! | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 154525 | 2003-06-23 20:43:00 | My experience of PC Company restore cd's is that they do not return it to the state in which it was purchased. You will be able to do what you want - Unless PCC has changed | wotz (335) | ||
| 154526 | 2003-06-23 21:10:00 | Nonsense. Mikebartnz, you have no fact or proof to base this on. You can do a fresh install of the operating system using the recovery CD. Theoretically you could use that CD on another PC, however that would be breaching copyright laws...and you only have one COA. I have purchased 4 PC's from The PC Co...one with win 98, win ME, Win 2k, and now a system with windows XP pro. I wiped the HDD and added a second, set up a raid array, and installing the OS with the CD provided. Had no problems at all. |
hashi_lebwohl (4079) | ||
| 154527 | 2003-06-24 07:58:00 | I have reinstalled my WinXP several times on my new machine, mainly because of my constant meddling. and the same with my old WinME machine. But when I bought a new hard drive for the ME it refused to let me install. So my bet is that the CD is keyed to the Serial No of the Hard Drive that comes with the OEM purchase | i-gordon (962) | ||
| 154528 | 2003-06-24 08:23:00 | I doubt thats the case, hard drives fail and my guess is they have a stack of these cd's at the shop and just give them out with every new pc. Its not worth the time and money to specifically write the cd for every hard disk serial number they sell. | rsnic (3780) | ||
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