XP Home CDROM

[Mike]

I have a notebook computer which came with XP Home.
Installed Earthlink communication software which
corrupted the registry. IBM, nice as they are, only sent
a restore disk which reformats the partition and installs
the original setup. The computer will not boot (safe
mode, normal or even command prompt). I would like to
run setup from the CDROM and see if it can recover
without formatting all my data on the partition. I have
a product key and serial number for the OS on the
bottom. IBM won't even talk to me without charging big
$$.

So is there anywhere I can obtain a MS CDROM (not IBM
restore) ISO short of purchasing a whole new copy? All
other computers have XP Pro. Believe it or not I was
trying to be consise with this post:-(.

Thanks Mike

 

[David B.]

You can't run setup from the IBM CD, all you can do is purchase one or borrow a friends copy of the same version, XP Home full OEM.

 

[Kevin]

It doesn't give you the option to repair the windows installation? You
should be able to just install windows as opposed to doing a format and
clean installation.

 

[Guest]

I wish !! No option. I have asked quite a few folks,
no one seems to have MS disk anymore, just restore..:-(