Load Win XP

[John Garate]

I have a Dell Dimension 4550 computer with Win XP. I would like to reformat
the disk and reload Win XP. I can't find my Dell disks. Can I simply
purchase a WinXP program and use it to reformat my disk and to load Win XP?

 

[kurttrail]

I have a Dell Dimension 4550 computer with Win XP. I would like to
reformat the disk and reload Win XP. I can't find my Dell disks. Can
I simply purchase a WinXP program and use it to reformat my disk and
to load Win XP?

Just "borrow" a friends Dell XP CD and use the Product Key from your
computer.

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[Will Denny]

Hi

If you wanted to do that, you would have to purchase a full Retail XP CD and
then you can start from scratch. Try contacting Dell for replacement XP
CDs.

 

[R. McCarty]

There may be one other option. Many Dell's have the installer
folder i386 placed on the System Partition. It would have 500+
megabytes of content inside it. If it exists, you can burn it to a
CD-R. It won't be bootable, but you can download the 6-disk
Floppy boot set and boot with the floppies and then transfer
control of the setup to the "Pseudo" XP Disk you burned. Just
be sure you burn the correct i386 folder as there can be several
on a PC and not all are the actual "Installation Folder". A way
to tell is locate the installer modules named Winnt.Exe and also
a Winnt32.Exe found in i386.

Hi

If you wanted to do that, you would have to purchase a full Retail XP CD
and then you can start from scratch. Try contacting Dell for replacement
XP CDs.

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

That is possible, yes, but not easily achieved. Burning the i386 folder to
CD is fraught with hazards.

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There may be one other option. Many Dell's have the installer
folder i386 placed on the System Partition. It would have 500+
megabytes of content inside it. If it exists, you can burn it to a
CD-R. It won't be bootable, but you can download the 6-disk
Floppy boot set and boot with the floppies and then transfer
control of the setup to the "Pseudo" XP Disk you burned. Just
be sure you burn the correct i386 folder as there can be several
on a PC and not all are the actual "Installation Folder". A way
to tell is locate the installer modules named Winnt.Exe and also
a Winnt32.Exe found in i386.

 

[youllneverguess]

Contact dell and ask for one restore cd. How old is this dell anyway? most
have recovery partitions like hp.