no xp cd to work with.

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I thank you for your reply but I have no cd to work with. I need to create a
set of recovery disks but have no clue where to start. Then I can fix
everything I need. Any suggestions? I have no software for this pc. The
person is trying to find it but it will take time. If not soon I will use my
old pc and wait until I can fix this one. I have a Dell Demension 4300. Any
help would be appreciated. If I can download the software info from the web
and then create the disks it would help for now.
 
I thank you for your reply but I have no cd to work with. I need to create a
set of recovery disks but have no clue where to start. Then I can fix
everything I need. Any suggestions? I have no software for this pc. The
person is trying to find it but it will take time. If not soon I will use my
old pc and wait until I can fix this one. I have a Dell Demension 4300. Any
help would be appreciated. If I can download the software info from the web
and then create the disks it would help for now.
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Do you have no CD drive, or did you lose the Windows XP CD that should have come
with the computer? In general, Dell supplies a system recovery CD for
correcting your specific problem.

I don't remember if "CD reader" is one of the stated requirements for Windows
XP, but if not, it's a generally available component. If your computer doesn't
have a CD reader, I'd wonder whether your computer is XP compatible. Very few
computers are sold currently without a CD reader.

The magical recovery floppies, when used, can be created from a wizard accessed
thru Help and Support, but they still require a CD to finish the recovery. You
can't do anything without one. A CD hold 700M or so of code, a floppy 1M or so.
You do the math, and decide if you want to recover your system from floppies.
 
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