Emergency Boot Disk?

[Susan]

If person has a Compaq laptop with problems and needed to use Windows XP cd
for emergency boot disk, would Windows XP cd for a Dell desktop work?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

No.

HP and Compaq Desktop PCs - Obtaining a Recovery CD or DVD set
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...3&lang=en&cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&docname=bph07143

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Carey Frisch
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| If person has a Compaq laptop with problems and needed to use Windows XP cd
| for emergency boot disk, would Windows XP cd for a Dell desktop work?

 

[paulmd]

If person has a Compaq laptop with problems and needed to use Windows XP cd
for emergency boot disk, would Windows XP cd for a Dell desktop work?

What kind of emergency? The dell uses a regular-ish XP cd.

You should at least be able to do recovery console stuff.

 

[Susan]

Thank you Carey for this information.