Burn a copy of a retail XP install disk?

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Jonny

I know if I have the proper burning software installed and working, that I
can. Disc to disc is easiest.
If you intend to use and reuse it alot, a copy is probably smart thing to
use instead.
 
I have a retail copy of Windows XP Home Edition, Service Pack 1. Can I burn
a copy, disk-to-disk, or otherwise, of the installation CD?
 
I always make a copy of any software I buy. I then store the original in a
safe location and work off of the copy. If more people did the same, you
would have far less inquiries about how to replace lost/damaged CD's.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
Kevin said:
I have a retail copy of Windows XP Home Edition, Service Pack 1. Can I burn
a copy, disk-to-disk, or otherwise, of the installation CD?
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Burn as many copies as you want to.

Backups are always smart.
 
Richard said:
I always make a copy of any software I buy. I then store the original
in a safe location and work off of the copy. If more people did the
same, you would have far less inquiries about how to replace
lost/damaged CD's.
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You're lucky you're not like me. Whenever I store anything in a "safe"
location, I can be sure I'll forget where I put it and never find it again.
;-)
 
You're lucky you're not like me. Whenever I store anything in a "safe"
location, I can be sure I'll forget where I put it and never find it again.
;-)
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Which is probably why as a kid I found heaps of silver coins in jars in
odd places in my grandfathers basement. I was glad at that time to to
give/present them to him. No wonder he, or his wife, never complained
about me "snooping" around their basement or attic :)
 
Plato said:
Which is probably why as a kid I found heaps of silver coins in jars
in odd places in my grandfathers basement. I was glad at that time to
to give/present them to him. No wonder he, or his wife, never
complained about me "snooping" around their basement or attic :)
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When I was a kid, I had a small collection of foreign coins that had been my
mothers. I decided (I can't remember how, but I'm sure I dfidn't really
know) that a few of them were rarer and more valuable than the others, so I
separated those from the others and put them in a "safe" place.

Guess which ones I never saw again.
 
When I was younger, whenever I got a new car I would fold up a $100 bill and
stick it under the dash board - for emergencies.

You guessed right. I traded in a car and forgot about the bill. It probably
went to the salvage yard by now. (-:

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
If you have SP2 installed why not make a slipstreamed CD, it will make
repairs and reinstallations easier.
Joan
 
I bought a car for $100 once that must have been owned by someone like you.
PS Thanks for the car.
 
Richard said:
When I was younger, whenever I got a new car I would fold up a $100 bill and
stick it under the dash board - for emergencies.
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I wish I had a $100 bill when I was younger. I do recall putting a few
bucks under the floor mat for emergency gas tho :)
 
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