Creating XP installation disk

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I received an e mail from HP in responce to telling them that I can't access
control panel from start menu except in safe mode.
They mentioned the D:\i386 command which refers to the upper CD drive . (My
drive is the rewritable type) They mentioned the installation disk. XP came
preinstalled in my computer when it was purchased & it supports both the
factory CD drives. Do I have to create an installation CD or or use the
eight HP recovery CD's or something else?

 

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"mathewbailey08" <mathewbailey08@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I received an e mail from HP in responce to telling them that I can't
>access
> control panel from start menu except in safe mode.
> They mentioned the D:\i386 command which refers to the upper CD drive .
> (My
> drive is the rewritable type) They mentioned the installation disk. XP
> came
> preinstalled in my computer when it was purchased & it supports both the
> factory CD drives. Do I have to create an installation CD or or use the
> eight HP recovery CD's or something else?

Your first recovery disk should contain your Windows files.

 

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Another thing: they said as a correction c:\i386.
I'm supposed to enter it during restore. Are they referring to system
restore? If so, enter it when creating a system restore point?


"DJ Borell" wrote:

> "mathewbailey08" <mathewbailey08@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:EE2BE65D-18C2-4EAF-A6EF-2ACA152F6A0F@microsoft.com...
> >I received an e mail from HP in responce to telling them that I can't
> >access
> > control panel from start menu except in safe mode.
> > They mentioned the D:\i386 command which refers to the upper CD drive .
> > (My
> > drive is the rewritable type) They mentioned the installation disk. XP
> > came
> > preinstalled in my computer when it was purchased & it supports both the
> > factory CD drives. Do I have to create an installation CD or or use the
> > eight HP recovery CD's or something else?
>
> Your first recovery disk should contain your Windows files.
>
>
>

 

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go to c:\I386\setup.exe

"mathewbailey08" <mathewbailey08@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
newsCB8ECD5-3229-4658-9C6F-09C53E6C2F57@microsoft.com...
> Another thing: they said as a correction c:\i386.
> I'm supposed to enter it during restore. Are they referring to system
> restore? If so, enter it when creating a system restore point?
>
>
> "DJ Borell" wrote:
>
>> "mathewbailey08" <mathewbailey08@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>> news:EE2BE65D-18C2-4EAF-A6EF-2ACA152F6A0F@microsoft.com...
>> >I received an e mail from HP in responce to telling them that I can't
>> >access
>> > control panel from start menu except in safe mode.
>> > They mentioned the D:\i386 command which refers to the upper CD drive .
>> > (My
>> > drive is the rewritable type) They mentioned the installation disk. XP
>> > came
>> > preinstalled in my computer when it was purchased & it supports both
>> > the
>> > factory CD drives. Do I have to create an installation CD or or use
>> > the
>> > eight HP recovery CD's or something else?
>>
>> Your first recovery disk should contain your Windows files.
>>
>>
>>