clean XP install

I have XP-pro installed on my laptop with an OEM product key, however I do
not have the OEM XP disks. I want to reinstall XP as the laptop is severly
infected and slow. Please advise if I can borrow XP-Pro disks from a friend
and activate with the OEM key on the label.

You'll have to contact the manufacturer of your laptop
and request a restore or reinstallation CD. Your OEM
Product Key will only work with the manufacturer's prescribed
Windows XP restore method.

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

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
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"XP user" wrote:

| I have XP-pro installed on my laptop with an OEM product key, however I do
| not have the OEM XP disks. I want to reinstall XP as the laptop is severly
| infected and slow. Please advise if I can borrow XP-Pro disks from a friend
| and activate with the OEM key on the label.

"XP user" <XP user@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FF4ECF69-DCF8-4AD2-8DDC-BFC6C2127AB0@microsoft.com...
>I have XP-pro installed on my laptop with an OEM product key, however I do
> not have the OEM XP disks. I want to reinstall XP as the laptop is severly
> infected and slow. Please advise if I can borrow XP-Pro disks from a
> friend
> and activate with the OEM key on the label.

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Do you mean that XP Pro came pre-installed by the OEM?
Do nothing until you talk to the system manufacturer tech support!
They probably have a procedure for formatting / clean installing
XP Pro back to factory settings,without using a CD.
All data should be backed up to external media first.
Programs will have to be reinstalled.
Learn how to operate a computer in a secure manner in the future.

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/sec...ct/default.aspx
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