Inside the Recovery dvd help please...

[~Sage]

Hi again everyone, I recently posted about converting NTFS to FAT32
and after your input, decided to wait and buy a fresh copy of XP Home,
but I'm hoping you'll tell me I won't need to. I'll put a copy of the
original post at the bottom of this one, I don't expect you to
remember me with the oh so many people you help here. I just
discovered I can see everything on the recovery DVD that came with the
E-machine, drivers, bundle software, Windows etc.,after looking at it
in another machine. I think I can burn everything there, but what do
I need to do to get windows loaded on the formatted emachine? I found
a folder marked 1386 and inside it is System 32 which has a *windows
NT setup* exe for *Product Name* Microsoft Windows Operating System.
Is this the right one and the one I need first? If I have all the
other files on the burn I make with it, will setup just grab them and
go? I know the machine will have to boot from *something* first but
don't know what to use. I can do just about anything with
instructions, so please help if you can. Thanks!

*Original Post*

Hi Group, I have a crashed e-machine T3092 with a 160 gig HD, came

with WinXP home on a recovery disk, recovery didn't work, so I
borrowed an XP cd from a friend and it won't install with the XP code
that came with the PC. Hubby uses this PC, mainly for email and a
little surfing and didn't have much to lose so I deleted the C
partition, formatted it but couldn't get an option to format with
FAT32. I deleted the partition again and in the recovery console on
the XP cd, when I try formatting it from the command prompt, I get a
message *cannot format a removable drive*. I am trying to convert it
back to FAT32 from NTSF so that I can install Win98 on it, (a new
copy
of XP just isn't an option right now). How can I, or is it even
possible to do this successfully? Any help will be most appreciated,
thank you! >

~Sage wired_auntie at hotmail dot com

 

[Malke]

Hi again everyone, I recently posted about converting NTFS to FAT32
and after your input, decided to wait and buy a fresh copy of XP Home,
but I'm hoping you'll tell me I won't need to. I'll put a copy of the
original post at the bottom of this one, I don't expect you to
remember me with the oh so many people you help here. I just
discovered I can see everything on the recovery DVD that came with the
E-machine, drivers, bundle software, Windows etc.,after looking at it
in another machine. I think I can burn everything there, but what do
I need to do to get windows loaded on the formatted emachine? I found
a folder marked 1386 and inside it is System 32 which has a *windows
NT setup* exe for *Product Name* Microsoft Windows Operating System.
Is this the right one and the one I need first? If I have all the
other files on the burn I make with it, will setup just grab them and
go? I know the machine will have to boot from *something* first but
don't know what to use. I can do just about anything with
instructions, so please help if you can. Thanks!

Option 1:

Slipstreaming from a restore partition:
http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp2_cd.htm
http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=295
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sp2_slipstream.asp

Option 2

Install with a generic OEM install disk. Use the Product Key that is on the
COA sticker on your computer. Either purchase a generic OEM install disk,
borrow one from a techie friend (the only sort of person likely to have
one), or have a local computer repair shop do this for you (not free, of
course).

Malke

 

[~Sage]

Option 1:

Slipstreaming from a restore partition:http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstr...ite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sp2_slipstream.asp

Option 2

Install with a generic OEM install disk. Use the Product Key that is on the
COA sticker on your computer. Either purchase a generic OEM install disk,
borrow one from a techie friend (the only sort of person likely to have
one), or have a local computer repair shop do this for you (not free, of
course).

Malke
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Thank you very much! I'll no doubt be back..

~Sage