OEM vs "Full" XP - which to Use??

[Guest]

in trying to save my failing toshiba laptop, I need to boot to the recovery console. The OEM version of WINXP home does not offer that option

Can I use the "full" WIN XP Home CDs to boot and start the recovery console? Will the OEM and Full versions conflict?

need help. thanks

 

[anonymous]

both versions have the recovery console. YOu can install it by running
"winnt32.exe /cmdcons" from the installation CD

 

[*Vanguard*]

"randgva" said in

in trying to save my failing toshiba laptop, I need to boot to the
recovery console. The OEM version of WINXP home does not offer that
option.

Can I use the "full" WIN XP Home CDs to boot and start the recovery
console? Will the OEM and Full versions conflict??

need help. thanks

HOW TO: Install and Use the Recovery Console in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307654

If you cannot install to the hard drive (because that is the source of
your "failing toshiba laptop", which really tells us nothing), you
cannot run the Recovery Console from the installation CD. It requires
logging in under the Administrator account and there won't be one on the
installation CD and, if your hard drive has problems, it cannot get it
from the hard disk. So you'll end up having to run the Repair function
from the Windows XP installation CD.

 

[D.Currie]

"randgva" said in


HOW TO: Install and Use the Recovery Console in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307654

If you cannot install to the hard drive (because that is the source of
your "failing toshiba laptop", which really tells us nothing), you
cannot run the Recovery Console from the installation CD. It requires
logging in under the Administrator account and there won't be one on the
installation CD and, if your hard drive has problems, it cannot get it
from the hard disk. So you'll end up having to run the Repair function
from the Windows XP installation CD.

Please note, though, that if you use the option to do a repair install of XP
using that retail cd, you will need to have a retail cd key for it.

 

[*Vanguard*]

"D.Currie" said in news:[email protected]:

Please note, though, that if you use the option to do a repair
install of XP using that retail cd, you will need to have a retail cd
key for it.

I figured the OP has the OEM CD and that's what he/she will use to run a
Repair. The query sounded like they have the OEM version and wanted to
know if they had to get the Retail version to get the Recovery Console
(which is a no).

 

[PawleysGrits]

If I were to order a new computer from, say, Dell, how can I specify that I
want the complete OS on CD, instead of the skinny-down CD they usually
supply? My friend told me that I should ALWAYS get the "full retail
version" of the OS in order to more easily do reinstalls, etc. Does this
make sense? And thanks for your help!

in trying to save my failing toshiba laptop, I need to boot to the

recovery console. The OEM version of WINXP home does not offer that option.

Can I use the "full" WIN XP Home CDs to boot and start the recovery

console? Will the OEM and Full versions conflict??

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

The last time I checked, Dell _does_ supply a full, if
BIOS-locked, installation CD.

Bruce Chambers

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[D.Currie]

If I were to order a new computer from, say, Dell, how can I specify that I
want the complete OS on CD, instead of the skinny-down CD they usually
supply? My friend told me that I should ALWAYS get the "full retail
version" of the OS in order to more easily do reinstalls, etc. Does this
make sense? And thanks for your help!

recovery console. The OEM version of WINXP home does not offer that option.
console? Will the OEM and Full versions conflict??

The only way you're going to get a RETAIL cd with a newly built computer is
to order one from a shop that does custom builds, or if you build your own
computer. While the big oems offer some customization, it's pretty much
customization based on what they've got to offer, not based on what you
want. So, for example, you might be able to upgrade to a DVD burner, but
you're not going to be able to specify the brand of the burner. And you
can't specify things like motherboard model, etc. You get what they've
decided they're going to use. The same goes with software. You get what
they've chosen to offer. And it's really doubtful that any of them would
offer a retail XP considering the huge price difference between what they
pay for OEM and what they'd have to pay for a retail CD. Not to mention the
difference in the way they['d have to install it for you.

Some of the oems, like Dell, are currently including an installable OEM
version of XP as opposed to the images that others put on restore or
recovery CDs.