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Thread ID: 76057 2007-01-19 05:15:00 no Windows XP Home disc Neil McC (178) Press F1
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517514 2007-01-19 21:16:00 Packard Bell will ship you out a copy of the install discs if you get in contact with them, only set you back about $50... better $50 than having no PC right?

Some keys are specific to the 'type' or 'brand' of OEM disc. I know that I had a Dell OEM CD which was just a plain OEM disc, but it couldnt be used with an HP OEM Key :-/
Chilling_Silence (9)
517515 2007-01-19 21:22:00 Packard Bell will ship you out a copy of the install discs if you get in contact with them, only set you back about $50... better $50 than having no PC right?

Some keys are specific to the 'type' or 'brand' of OEM disc. I know that I had a Dell OEM CD which was just a plain OEM disc, but it couldnt be used with an HP OEM Key :-/

Not quite right Chill...... I got a full sert of discs for my old Packard Bell thru Noel Leeming and they were sent to me no charge
Baldy (26)
517516 2007-01-19 21:26:00 gidday,

You will probably find the recovery of xp, on a hidden partition,
usualy there is a listing on the all programs list, or reboot, and tap
F10

cheers,

Robby

Correct...... If the PB has a floppy disc drive, you should have an recovery floppy disc. Turn off puter, insert floppy then it will uninstall/reinstall your OS from the "hidden partion"

A breeze to use
Baldy (26)
517517 2007-01-19 22:18:00 Thanks Metla and others,will now forget the "other" reload option.As I said, she has no recovery cd's/floppys so will look into the recovery option from the I386 folder.
As I said I've tried to make a cd from that folder but no go.It does have a WINNT32.exe in the file and when I dblclick on it it warns me that I have a later version on my pc, and it will be wiped if I go ahead.So that might be the trigger to reinstall windows?
Neil McC (178)
517518 2007-01-19 23:48:00 Free? Are you for real?

Oh well, it was for a customer who came into the CyberCafe like 3 years back... they paid for them, not me ;)
Chilling_Silence (9)
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