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| 1357527 | 2005-08-31 06:11:00 | he Setup process starts. Insert the other floppy disks as you are prompted to do so. You must use the Windows XP CD-ROM to finish the Setup process. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!! |
MasturJeff (7803) | ||
| 1357528 | 2005-08-31 06:19:00 | Speedy, I only have 6 floppy disks ironically... do you think I should save hte Windows XP Home Edition or SP1 boot to the floppy disks. What do u mean save the XP Home edition? To what? from what? The one thats installed? to cd/floppy? I dont think so. If u dont have the XP install cd, forget it, it wont reinstall from XP if its already installed. NOT unless XP is on a hidden partition. You NEED the XP CD. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1357529 | 2005-08-31 06:26:00 | Ok just to clarify... 1) I'm going to download the Windows XP Home Edition Setup (& SP1 setup just incase) boot disks from the microsoft website. www.microsoft.com 2) I'm going to reformat my C: drive. 3) Going to run the boot setup from floppy disks and enter my product key... 4) Put everything back on the C: drive that I burned to my CD-RW's. Am I missing anything?Yup, an operating system... those disks are only if you don't have a bootable O/S disc. They are not a complete operating system, or even the start of an operating system If I have read this thread correctly, you don't have a disc with an operating system on it at all. |
Myth (110) | ||
| 1357530 | 2005-08-31 06:56:00 | I'm talking to a compaq/hp technician from the chat support thing on their website... He just told me HP/Compaq does not ship Windows XP CD's and said I need to make a recovery CD with the recovery partition. :horrified |
MasturJeff (7803) | ||
| 1357531 | 2005-08-31 07:21:00 | Ok problem solved. I'll have to do a Destructive System Recovery to format and re-install Windows on my PC (basically to the same state of my PC from the day I bought it). |
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| 1357532 | 2005-08-31 07:41:00 | All this time I was trying to look for Non-Existant Windows XP disc, and all I had to do was do a System Recovery! :badpc: | MasturJeff (7803) | ||
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