another re-format question

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I am reading the Windows XP re-install instruction page and it's asking
for a Windows XP Home CD. Best Buy installed my XP and I don't think I
have the CD. Should I? I found a square disc that says Cyber Power
Communication Software Set-Up Disk.....what is that?


Thanks again,
Jamie
 
LilMustang said:
I am reading the Windows XP re-install instruction page and it's
asking for a Windows XP Home CD. Best Buy installed my XP and I don't
think I have the CD. Should I?
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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.
 
the only disc I can find is a Cyber Power Communication Software Set-Up
Disk....is that it?

Jamie
 
I'm not finding an XP disc. Whether I had one or not, I don't know but
I can't find it now. It's not with everything I got with my computer.
The booklet for it was taped to my Spy Sweeper disc box.....What will I
have to do now?

Jamie
 
LilMustang said:
the only disc I can find is a Cyber Power Communication Software
Set-Up Disk....is that it?
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No, it's not. Contact Best Buy for information on how to proceed with your
specific computer.
 
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