Dell XP Reinstallation CD Question

[DBCooper]

I have a Dell desktop that came loaded with Windows XP Home edition, and a
reinstallation cd.

If I want to install a new hard drive, I suppose this cd won't install XP.

Or, if my current hard drive crashes, I suppose I'm also out of luck.

Is this true?

TIA
DB

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

You can use the Dell Reinstallation CD
on a new hard drive without encountering
any issues.

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Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

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| I have a Dell desktop that came loaded with Windows XP Home edition, and a
| reinstallation cd.
|
| If I want to install a new hard drive, I suppose this cd won't install XP.
|
| Or, if my current hard drive crashes, I suppose I'm also out of luck.
|
| Is this true?
|
| TIA
| DB

 

[DBCooper]

You can use the Dell Reinstallation CD
on a new hard drive without encountering
any issues.

Many thanks, Carey.

 

[Santa]

I have a Dell desktop that came loaded with Windows XP Home edition, and a
reinstallation cd.

If I want to install a new hard drive, I suppose this cd won't install XP.

as long as the HARD drive is INSTALLED on the DELL it will work

 

[Jim Macklin]

He will have to activate it though, unless he has the Dell
hidden partition.


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message | You can use the Dell Reinstallation CD
| on a new hard drive without encountering
| any issues.
|
| --
| Carey Frisch
| Microsoft MVP
| Windows XP - Shell/User
|
| Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
|
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx
|
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|
| "DBCooper" wrote:
|
|| I have a Dell desktop that came loaded with Windows XP
Home edition, and a
|| reinstallation cd.
||
|| If I want to install a new hard drive, I suppose this cd
won't install XP.
||
|| Or, if my current hard drive crashes, I suppose I'm also
out of luck.
||
|| Is this true?
||
|| TIA
|| DB

 

[Jim Macklin]

BTW, jumped from any more Boeing airliners lately?


| |
| > You can use the Dell Reinstallation CD
| > on a new hard drive without encountering
| > any issues.
| >
|
| Many thanks, Carey.

 

[Michael Stevens]

He will have to activate it though, unless he has the Dell
hidden partition.

I don't think so, It is bios locked and as long as it is used on a
recognized bios, activation shouldn't be triggered.
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[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Jim;
I was thinking the same thing.
He must have squandered the $ since he apparently does not have an IT
department at his service.

 

[Jim Macklin]

Most people never heard of the FIRST airplane hijacking for
money in modern times.


message | Jim;
| I was thinking the same thing.
| He must have squandered the $ since he apparently does not
have an IT
| department at his service.
|
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| | > BTW, jumped from any more Boeing airliners lately?
|
|

 

[Jim Macklin]

I understood that besides the BIOS, there are files in the
hidden 32 MB FAT32 partition that are needed for the Dell
software to install. I could be wrong though, sure have
been before. I'd bet Dell could tell him.


| Jim Macklin wrote:
| > He will have to activate it though, unless he has the
Dell
| > hidden partition.
| >
| >
|
| I don't think so, It is bios locked and as long as it is
used on a
| recognized bios, activation shouldn't be triggered.
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| >
| > message | >> You can use the Dell Reinstallation CD
| >> on a new hard drive without encountering
| >> any issues.
| >>
| >> --
| >> Carey Frisch
| >> Microsoft MVP
| >> Windows XP - Shell/User
| >>
| >> Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
| >>
| >
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx
| >>
|| >>
| >> "DBCooper" wrote:
| >>
| >>> I have a Dell desktop that came loaded with Windows XP
Home
| >>> edition, and a reinstallation cd.
| >>>
| >>> If I want to install a new hard drive, I suppose this
cd won't
| >>> install XP.
| >>>
| >>> Or, if my current hard drive crashes, I suppose I'm
also out of
| >>> luck.
| >>>
| >>> Is this true?
| >>>
| >>> TIA
| >>> DB
|
|
|

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Jim;
Back before airport security.
At a time when hijackings to Cuba almost always meant no one was hurt.

 

[Alex Nichol]

I have a Dell desktop that came loaded with Windows XP Home edition, and a
reinstallation cd.

If I want to install a new hard drive, I suppose this cd won't install XP.

Or, if my current hard drive crashes, I suppose I'm also out of luck.

That machine will have its activation handled by a different method, by
'BIOS locing' to the motherboard. As long as the motherboard is
untouched you can change anything else freely and simply use the Dell CD

 

[Michael Stevens]

That machine will have its activation handled by a different method,
by 'BIOS locing' to the motherboard. As long as the motherboard is
untouched you can change anything else freely and simply use the Dell
CD

Alex,
That is my understanding also. As long as the bios is recoginized during
setup activation is not triggered.

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[DB]

Jim;
I was thinking the same thing.
He must have squandered the $ since he apparently does not have an IT
department at his service.

Actually, I've invested well, but still have to lay low.

 

[Jim Macklin]

Playboy magazine had a fiction story, thirty years ago,
about an airline crew that faked a hijacking, selected a
lone passenger as they "perp" and when they unloaded all the
other passengers they kept the money and threw the body of
the true victim out the door with some of the money and a
bad parachute.

I actual read Playboy for some of the articles, I of course
bought it for the centerfold.


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in | #[email protected]:
|
| > Jim;
| > I was thinking the same thing.
| > He must have squandered the $ since he apparently does
not have an IT
| > department at his service.
| >
|
| Actually, I've invested well, but still have to lay low.

 

[DB]

Alex,
That is my understanding also. As long as the bios is recoginized
during setup activation is not triggered.

That is my intent, to use the same machine (motherboard). The current
hd is 60gb and has the original XP Home edition that was installed by
Dell. I've kept it updated with security patches and SP2, etc. I
bought a 160gb Seagate hd, and was going to image it from the 60gb, and
swap it as my primary, but then thought about simply installing the
160gb hd as primary and doing a clean install from the Dell
reinstallation cd, applying SP2 from Microsoft's cd, and setting the
original 60gb hd on the shelf (or as a slave).

That way, if for any reason I had problems with the configuration of my
applications or drivers on the new hd, I could just put the original
60gb hd back on the primary until I got things figured out.

I will also check with Dell, but you guys are the first place I come to
for information. If I find something different, I'll report back.

DB

 

[wopper]

That is my intent, to use the same machine (motherboard). The current
hd is 60gb and has the original XP Home edition that was installed by
Dell. I've kept it updated with security patches and SP2, etc. I
bought a 160gb Seagate hd, and was going to image it from the 60gb, and
swap it as my primary, but then thought about simply installing the
160gb hd as primary and doing a clean install from the Dell
reinstallation cd, applying SP2 from Microsoft's cd, and setting the
original 60gb hd on the shelf (or as a slave).

That way, if for any reason I had problems with the configuration of my
applications or drivers on the new hd, I could just put the original
60gb hd back on the primary until I got things figured out.

I will also check with Dell, but you guys are the first place I come to
for information. If I find something different, I'll report back.

DB

Hi DB, i have a dell 4550, installed a new HD, old one died, used the
Dell disk, install was easy, no activation needed. It must be set in the
bios? wopper

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

I understood that besides the BIOS, there are files in the
hidden 32 MB FAT32 partition that are needed for the Dell
software to install. I could be wrong though, sure have
been before.

Hi

It is only the BIOS that matter, no HD content is checked...

 

[NobodyMan]

as long as the HARD drive is INSTALLED on the DELL it will work

Unless the CD relies on a hidden partition on the original drive (not
uncommon). When that drive is removed, the CD becomes worthless.

 

[Michael Stevens]

Unless the CD relies on a hidden partition on the original drive (not
uncommon). When that drive is removed, the CD becomes worthless.

No it doesn't, the hard drive used has nothing to do with the CD. It is the
BIOS that matters and if the CD is used on a non-Dell system it will trigger
the need to activate.
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