My old hard drive has just seen its last days i.e blew up so I've gone out

and bought a new hard drive today. How do I get windows xp ont o the new hard

drive? What do I need and where do I get it from (if I need a cd)?

On Tue, 3 Jul 2007 10:42:02 -0700, Flacky

<Flacky@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> My old hard drive has just seen its last days i.e blew up so I've gone out

> and bought a new hard drive today. How do I get windows xp ont o the new hard

> drive? What do I need and where do I get it from (if I need a cd)?

 

 

 

Did Windows come preinstalled on your computer? If so did they not

give you a CD?

 

OEM vendors are required by their agreement with Microsoft to give you

a means of reinstalling, should it be necessary. They can do this in

one of three ways:

 

1. An OEM copy of Windows

2. A restore CD

3. A hidden partition on your drive, with restore information.

 

If you don't have 1 or 2, you should have 3, but you should contact

your vendor to find out.

 

Personally, I find both 2 and 3 unacceptable (especially 3; a hard

drive crash can leave you with nothing), and would never choose to buy

a computer that came with an operating system unless I got a complete

generic installation CD for that operating system.

 

If you didn't get a CD, you probably fell into situation 3 above, and

are the perfect example of why I wouldn't buy the machine you did.

 

Contact the company who made your computer, and ask them how to

proceed. They *may* be able/willing to help you, or they may not. If

they aren't, unfortunately your only choice will be to buy a whole new

copy of Windows.

 

--

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User

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"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain> wrote in message

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> Personally, I find both 2 and 3 unacceptable (especially 3; a hard

> drive crash can leave you with nothing), and would never choose to buy

> a computer that came with an operating system unless I got a complete

> generic installation CD for that operating system.

 

 

Amen!

 

Tony.

"Tony Luxton" wrote:

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> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain> wrote in message

> news:ra3l83h5jfqkr0v7blrhbb96bs0rqias1v@4ax.com...

>

> > Personally, I find both 2 and 3 unacceptable (especially 3; a hard

> > drive crash can leave you with nothing), and would never choose to buy

> > a computer that came with an operating system unless I got a complete

> > generic installation CD for that operating system.

>

>

> Amen!

>

> Tony.

>

> Yup it looks like I need a xp home disk to get xp home back on the new hard drive. All the disks I got with my pc just recover xp not install it from scratch. I'll ring microsoft today and the makers of my pc and demand a disk. I've had this pc for years now and if i do get a new one I will definatly take your advice and get a windows disk, pro, home, media or vista (whatever version the pc is using) in case of a crash or an upgrade. Thanks

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