Repair Install

[Guest]

Is is possible to do a repair install of Windows XP with an operating system
disk that is not the same as the originally installed OS? I am trying to
help a friend with a problem and would like to try a repair install, but they
have lost (or can't find) the OS disk that came with the computer. I am
wondering if I could use mine. Thanks in advance for any help anyone could
offer.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

No, you cannot use yours. Your friend needs to contact the
manufacturer of his or her computer and request a replacement.
The Product Key (license) affixed to your friends computer will
only work with the computer manufacturer's recovery CD.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

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| Is is possible to do a repair install of Windows XP with an operating system
| disk that is not the same as the originally installed OS? I am trying to
| help a friend with a problem and would like to try a repair install, but they
| have lost (or can't find) the OS disk that came with the computer. I am
| wondering if I could use mine. Thanks in advance for any help anyone could
| offer.

 

[Rock]

Is is possible to do a repair install of Windows XP with an operating system
disk that is not the same as the originally installed OS? I am trying to
help a friend with a problem and would like to try a repair install, but they
have lost (or can't find) the OS disk that came with the computer. I am
wondering if I could use mine. Thanks in advance for any help anyone could
offer.

Yes if it's the same type, just use their CD key. By type I mean Pro
vs. Home, OEM vs. Retail, upgrade vs. full. If it's computer OEM
install like Dell or Gateway you have to use the same OEM disk.

 

[-rwxrw-r--]

No, you cannot use yours. Your friend needs to contact the
manufacturer of his or her computer and request a replacement.
The Product Key (license) affixed to your friends computer will
only work with the computer manufacturer's recovery CD.

And what in the OP's post leads you to think he's even talking about a
"computer manufacturer's recovery CD"? It could be any version of Windoze
he has there. You don't know and he wasn't specific.

 

[Asher_N]

And what in the OP's post leads you to think he's even talking about a
"computer manufacturer's recovery CD"? It could be any version of
Windoze he has there. You don't know and he wasn't specific.

Because 'recovery CD' implies the set of disk that resets a computer to
it's 'as shipped' condition, including Windows and all other software pre-
installed by the manufacturer. Those CDs only coe from the major
manufactuers and are locked to a particular model and config.

 

[-rwxrw-r--]

Because 'recovery CD' implies the set of disk that resets a computer to
it's 'as shipped' condition, including Windows and all other software pre-
installed by the manufacturer. Those CDs only coe from the major
manufactuers and are locked to a particular model and config.

The OP made no mention of having a "recovery disk". Are you Wintards unable
to read a posting, digest its meaning and offer correct answers?