WinXP Pro reinstall

[Xealtor]

The company that I work for purchased a Toshiba laptop pre-installed
with Windows XP Pro shortly after WinXP was launched. Now, many moons,
several app installs/uninstalls and 4 users later the machine is
running very very slowly. The current user is leaving and we would
like to take to opportunity to reformat the harddrive and reinstall
everything, before being passed onto the next user. The problem is
that the restore/os reinstallation CDs moved along with the laptop, and
now they cannot be found.

We recently purchased some new desktops and a full copy of WinXP Pro
w/SP2 to install on another desktop. Is it possible to use this copy
to re-install Windows on the laptop, with the valid serial number that
came with the laptop? If not, is there anyway that we can reinstall
Windows on the laptop without having to purchase another copy of WinXP
Pro? We are a small company, and trying our best to comply with any
software licence agreements.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

The Product Key affixed to the Toshiba laptop will only
work with the Toshiba reinstallation or recovery CD.
Contact Toshiba and order the CD replacements.

Visit the Toshiba Support web site and click on
"Search with Ask Iris".
http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_sc_home.jsp

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| The company that I work for purchased a Toshiba laptop pre-installed
| with Windows XP Pro shortly after WinXP was launched. Now, many moons,
| several app installs/uninstalls and 4 users later the machine is
| running very very slowly. The current user is leaving and we would
| like to take to opportunity to reformat the harddrive and reinstall
| everything, before being passed onto the next user. The problem is
| that the restore/os reinstallation CDs moved along with the laptop, and
| now they cannot be found.
|
| We recently purchased some new desktops and a full copy of WinXP Pro
| w/SP2 to install on another desktop. Is it possible to use this copy
| to re-install Windows on the laptop, with the valid serial number that
| came with the laptop? If not, is there anyway that we can reinstall
| Windows on the laptop without having to purchase another copy of WinXP
| Pro? We are a small company, and trying our best to comply with any
| software licence agreements.