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Jeice

January 11th 07, 09:13 PM

My family recently got a new computer. I took the old one and figured I could
format it and reinstall windows xp on it. I can't seem to find my XP
installation disk. I'm wondering if there is any other way to put windows on
my computer without a disk. Any help?

Beck

January 11th 07, 09:16 PM

"Jeice" > wrote in message
...
> My family recently got a new computer. I took the old one and figured I
> could
> format it and reinstall windows xp on it. I can't seem to find my XP
> installation disk. I'm wondering if there is any other way to put windows
> on
> my computer without a disk. Any help?

Absolutely no way whatsoever, you need a valid XP disc.

Ken Blake, MVP

January 11th 07, 09:17 PM

Jeice wrote:

> My family recently got a new computer. I took the old one and figured
> I could format it and reinstall windows xp on it. I can't seem to
> find my XP installation disk. I'm wondering if there is any other way
> to put windows on my computer without a disk. Any help?

Not unless it came with a hidden restore partition. Some OEM computers do.

Check the documentation or ask the manufacturer.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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Jeice

January 11th 07, 10:41 PM

"Beck" wrote:

>
> "Jeice" > wrote in message
> ...
> > My family recently got a new computer. I took the old one and figured I
> > could
> > format it and reinstall windows xp on it. I can't seem to find my XP
> > installation disk. I'm wondering if there is any other way to put windows
> > on
> > my computer without a disk. Any help?
>
> Absolutely no way whatsoever, you need a valid XP disc.
>
>

Alright. I'll see if I can get a new disk.

Paul Johnson

January 18th 07, 07:37 PM

Jeice wrote:

> My family recently got a new computer. I took the old one and figured I
> could format it and reinstall windows xp on it. I can't seem to find my XP
> installation disk. I'm wondering if there is any other way to put windows
> on my computer without a disk.

Nope. Though if you're hard up to get the machine back into service and
aren't picky about which OS it runs, you can download a Debian Linux for
free.

http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/