Repair Install

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Is is possible to do a repair install of Windows XP with an operating system
disk that is not the same as the originally installed OS? I am trying to
help a friend with a problem and would like to try a repair install, but they
have lost (or can't find) the OS disk that came with the computer. I am
wondering if I could use mine. Thanks in advance for any help anyone could
offer.

 

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No, you cannot use yours. Your friend needs to contact the
manufacturer of his or her computer and request a replacement.
The Product Key (license) affixed to your friends computer will
only work with the computer manufacturer's recovery CD.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

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"Derek" wrote:

| Is is possible to do a repair install of Windows XP with an operating system
| disk that is not the same as the originally installed OS? I am trying to
| help a friend with a problem and would like to try a repair install, but they
| have lost (or can't find) the OS disk that came with the computer. I am
| wondering if I could use mine. Thanks in advance for any help anyone could
| offer.

 

[Rock]

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Derek wrote:

> Is is possible to do a repair install of Windows XP with an operating system
> disk that is not the same as the originally installed OS? I am trying to
> help a friend with a problem and would like to try a repair install, but they
> have lost (or can't find) the OS disk that came with the computer. I am
> wondering if I could use mine. Thanks in advance for any help anyone could
> offer.

Yes if it's the same type, just use their CD key. By type I mean Pro
vs. Home, OEM vs. Retail, upgrade vs. full. If it's computer OEM
install like Dell or Gateway you have to use the same OEM disk.

--
Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

 

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On Tuesday 13 September 2005 03:26 pm, Carey Frisch [MVP] had this to say
in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:

> No, you cannot use yours. Your friend needs to contact the
> manufacturer of his or her computer and request a replacement.
> The Product Key (license) affixed to your friends computer will
> only work with the computer manufacturer's recovery CD.
>

And what in the OP's post leads you to think he's even talking about a
"computer manufacturer's recovery CD"? It could be any version of Windoze
he has there. You don't know and he wasn't specific.


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-rwxrw-r-- <nostop@stopspam.com> wrote in
news:riYVe.197902$Hk.131341@pd7tw1no:

> On Tuesday 13 September 2005 03:26 pm, Carey Frisch [MVP] had this to
> say in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:
>
>> No, you cannot use yours. Your friend needs to contact the
>> manufacturer of his or her computer and request a replacement.
>> The Product Key (license) affixed to your friends computer will
>> only work with the computer manufacturer's recovery CD.
>>
>
> And what in the OP's post leads you to think he's even talking about a
> "computer manufacturer's recovery CD"? It could be any version of
> Windoze he has there. You don't know and he wasn't specific.
>
>

Because 'recovery CD' implies the set of disk that resets a computer to
it's 'as shipped' condition, including Windows and all other software pre-
installed by the manufacturer. Those CDs only coe from the major
manufactuers and are locked to a particular model and config.

 

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On Wednesday 14 September 2005 10:03 am, Asher_N had this to say in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:

> -rwxrw-r-- <nostop@stopspam.com> wrote in
> news:riYVe.197902$Hk.131341@pd7tw1no:
>
>> On Tuesday 13 September 2005 03:26 pm, Carey Frisch [MVP] had this to
>> say in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:
>>
>>> No, you cannot use yours. Your friend needs to contact the
>>> manufacturer of his or her computer and request a replacement.
>>> The Product Key (license) affixed to your friends computer will
>>> only work with the computer manufacturer's recovery CD.
>>>
>>
>> And what in the OP's post leads you to think he's even talking about a
>> "computer manufacturer's recovery CD"? It could be any version of
>> Windoze he has there. You don't know and he wasn't specific.
>>
>>
>
> Because 'recovery CD' implies the set of disk that resets a computer to
> it's 'as shipped' condition, including Windows and all other software pre-
> installed by the manufacturer. Those CDs only coe from the major
> manufactuers and are locked to a particular model and config.

The OP made no mention of having a "recovery disk". Are you Wintards unable
to read a posting, digest its meaning and offer correct answers?


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