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How can I copy my Windows XP Home OS onto a disc?

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October 12, 2014 5:36:35 PM

Hi,

Okay, so this is my problem. I"m going to try making a very long story short starting with me attempting to do a fresh installation of Windows XP Home SP3 onto my Toshiba Satellite Pro M15-S405 laptop. I accidentally inserted my Dell desktop's backup disc with Windows XP Pro and totally screwed everything up which is why I decided to do a clean install.

So, I insert the correct disc and I'm not sure what the problem is (I think maybe it didn't have sp3 on it) but I get all the way to the end of the installation process and I get an error that a file is missing. I've tried several times and its not on my disc.

I have another desktop I bought for my son that is also running Windows XP Home sp3 on it but its a Sony Vaio and he doesn't have the discs. I have my Toshiba drivers on a separate disc so I think I should be able to use the OS from the Sony desktop since they are both the same and I have my Toshiba key. I just can't figure out how to may a copy of just the OS onto a disc. Every program, video, or forum I've checked is either for a full backup, which won't work for me, or someone wanting to use one OS on 2 or more machines. I'm not doing that, I only need to borrow a copy of the files to complete my installation. Then I'll simply use my Toshiba key.

Please, can someone help me with this? Its driving me crazy that I can't figure this out and I've invested way too much time to give up. I know the Toshiba is old but I promised a young girl I would give it to her for online classes.

Thanks, I appreciate any help you guys can offer. I hope my post is making sense. I've been working on this for hours now so my brain is fried!

Dana

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October 12, 2014 9:29:54 PM

If, IF, you still have the license key for the Toshiba Satellite, you might possibly, maybe, be able to create installation media from XP using the info at the following link. They would need to be identical versions of windows xp, i.e home, professional, etc., and even then it still may not work. In fact, it's highly likely it will not since one is a desktop and one is a laptop and hardware, drivers, etc. are all different but it might work if done right. Here is the link.

http://www.howtohaven.com/system/createwindowssetupdisk...

You might also be able to install with your current disk up to the point where it errors out and then swap to the new disk and see if it will continue. Perhaps the corrupted files on that disk will be present on the created media. I really don't know if that's feasible but I have been able to continue installations using corrupted or scratched disks before by swapping to an undamaged one.
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