help with ex home clean install

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HI. I HAVE A ? FOR WHO EVER CAN HELP ME. I AM RUNNING XP
HOME ON MY PC NOW.AND I WANT TO DO A CLEAN INSTALL TO GET
RIDE OF A FEW PROBLEMS ,BUT I ONLY HAVE THE RECOVERY
DISKS THAT CAME WITH IT. ? IS CAN I DO A CLEAN INSTALL OF
XP HOME WITH THE RECOVERY DISKS?...ANY HELP IS MUCH
APPECIATED. THANKS
 
mark said:
HI. I HAVE A ? FOR WHO EVER CAN HELP ME. I AM RUNNING XP
HOME ON MY PC NOW.AND I WANT TO DO A CLEAN INSTALL TO GET
RIDE OF A FEW PROBLEMS ,BUT I ONLY HAVE THE RECOVERY
DISKS THAT CAME WITH IT. ? IS CAN I DO A CLEAN INSTALL OF
XP HOME WITH THE RECOVERY DISKS?...ANY HELP IS MUCH
APPECIATED. THANKS
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No. not usually.
BTW, It is considered shouting, screaming when you type in all caps. It also
helps if you use paragraphs.
Click on or copy and paste the link below into your web browser address bar.
Restore XP link.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/restore.htm
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Since you have Recovery disks presumably provided by the computer
manufacturer, you should check your manual or contact the
manufacturer.
Recovery disks work different for different manufacturers and
different from retail CDs.

This is the way to do it with retail Windows XP:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/cleanxp.htm

Also please do not use ALL CAPS in newsgroups.
ALL CAPS is considered shouting and rude.
 
You should really repost the message in upper and lower
case text. I can't even read this.

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HI. I HAVE A ? FOR WHO EVER CAN HELP ME. I AM RUNNING XP
HOME ON MY PC NOW.AND I WANT TO DO A CLEAN INSTALL TO GET
RIDE OF A FEW PROBLEMS ,BUT I ONLY HAVE THE RECOVERY
DISKS THAT CAME WITH IT. ? IS CAN I DO A CLEAN INSTALL OF
XP HOME WITH THE RECOVERY DISKS?...ANY HELP IS MUCH
APPECIATED. THANKS
 
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