G Guest Nov 13, 2004 #1 I have lost Windows XP and have no idea how. Shall I put in the recovery cd and use it?
F Frank GoBell Nov 13, 2004 #2 Dawn said: I have lost Windows XP and have no idea how. Shall I put in the recovery cd and use it? Click to expand... Typically, recovery disks wipe your hard drive clean. They then install the OS and restore the system to the state it was in at the time of purchase. In other words, yes, you can do it. Most likely you will lose any data you have created or applications you have installed since.
Dawn said: I have lost Windows XP and have no idea how. Shall I put in the recovery cd and use it? Click to expand... Typically, recovery disks wipe your hard drive clean. They then install the OS and restore the system to the state it was in at the time of purchase. In other words, yes, you can do it. Most likely you will lose any data you have created or applications you have installed since.
