Restoring Windows XP from the CD

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

It depends on the CD you have. If you have a full version of XP then yes you
can run a Repair Install but if you laptop came with "Restore CD" then
chances are that running it might overwrite everything and take the system
back to the same state it was in at time of purchase. You should consult the
manufacturer to see what your options are or, at the very least, let us know
the brand and model of the laptop and what it says on the CD's label.

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Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"crhayes" <crhayes@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A1FCC4FE-2A81-4CE9-9A78-B21F00957405@microsoft.com...
> Am I able to restore the Windows XP operating system on my laptop from the
> CD
> without trashing my other data/programs? I have used "System Restore"
> quite
> often and now notice several small glitches occurring from time to time so
> am
> wondering if small portions of the system have become corrupt (sorry for
> the
> nontechnical terminology). It would be nice to be able to restore the
> system
> directly from my CD but I haven't been able to discover if this is
> possible.
>
> Thanks to all who answer.
>
> Kind regards ... Ralph

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

"Harry Ohrn" wrote:

> It depends on the CD you have. If you have a full version of XP then yes you
> can run a Repair Install but if you laptop came with "Restore CD" then
> chances are that running it might overwrite everything and take the system
> back to the same state it was in at time of purchase. You should consult the
> manufacturer to see what your options are or, at the very least, let us know
> the brand and model of the laptop and what it says on the CD's label.
>
> --
>
> Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
> www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
>
>
> "crhayes" <crhayes@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A1FCC4FE-2A81-4CE9-9A78-B21F00957405@microsoft.com...
> > Am I able to restore the Windows XP operating system on my laptop from the
> > CD
> > without trashing my other data/programs? I have used "System Restore"
> > quite
> > often and now notice several small glitches occurring from time to time so
> > am
> > wondering if small portions of the system have become corrupt (sorry for
> > the
> > nontechnical terminology). It would be nice to be able to restore the
> > system
> > directly from my CD but I haven't been able to discover if this is
> > possible.
> >
> > Thanks to all who answer.
> >
> > Kind regards ... Ralph
>
>
> Hi Harry and thanks for your reply. I have a Toshiba Satellite laptop and have both the manufacturer's CD as well as a MS Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005. There are two CD's to this latter edition. I have opened the first one but can't find enough information to convince me that a restore from the CD won't, as you say, take the system back to the same state that it was when I purchased the computer.

Thank you again for your time.

Regards ... Ralph