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Old September 23rd 09, 05:24 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Suprtec
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I want to wipe my computer system and reinstall windows XP but iam not
finding my reinstall disc. How can I do this? Can I get a WP OS disc
somewhere?
Gordon
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Old September 23rd 09, 05:35 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Shenan Stanley
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Suprtec wrote:
I want to wipe my computer system and reinstall windows XP but iam
not finding my reinstall disc. How can I do this? Can I get a WP
OS disc somewhere?


Can you? I don't know you - so I have no idea.

If you have a friend, family member, co-worker or so on with a generic
version (same edition and same license type as yours) of the CD - it should
work for you.

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Old September 23rd 09, 05:52 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
1PW[_4_]
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Suprtec wrote:
I want to wipe my computer system and reinstall windows XP but iam not
finding my reinstall disc. How can I do this? Can I get a WP OS disc
somewhere?
Gordon


Hello Gordon:

If your computer system is manufactured by one of the big name brands,
you can contact their technical support for a replacement CD for about
$30USD.

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Old September 23rd 09, 03:31 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Ken Blake, MVP
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On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:24:02 -0700, Suprtec
wrote:

I want to wipe my computer system and reinstall windows XP



See below, but first of all, why do you want to do this? In my view,
it's usually a mistake. With a modicum of care, it should never be
necessary to reinstall Windows (XP or any other version). I've run
Windows 3.0, 3.1, WFWG 3.11, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000,
Windows XP, Windows Vista, and now Windows 7, each for the period of
time before the next version came out, and each on two or more
machines here. I never reinstalled any of them, and I have never had
anything more than an occasional minor problem.

It's my belief that this mistaken notion stems from the technical
support people at many of the larger OEMs. Their solution to almost
any problem they don't quickly know the answer to is "reformat and
reinstall." That's the perfect solution for them. It gets you off the
phone quickly, it almost always works, and it doesn't require them to
do any real troubleshooting (a skill that most of them obviously don't
possess in any great degree).

But it leaves you with all the work and all the problems. You have to
restore all your data backups, you have to reinstall all your
programs, you have to reinstall all the Windows and application
updates, you have to locate and install all the needed drivers for
your system, you have to recustomize Windows and all your apps to work
the way you're comfortable with.

Besides all those things being time-consuming and troublesome, you may
have trouble with some of them: can you find all your application CDs?
Can you find all the needed installation codes? Do you have data
backups to restore? Do you even remember all the customizations and
tweaks you may have installed to make everything work the way you
like? Occasionally there are problems that are so difficult to solve
that Windows should be reinstalled cleanly. But they are few and far
between; reinstallation should not be a substitute for
troubleshooting; it should be a last resort, to be done only after all
other attempts at troubleshooting by a qualified person have failed.

And perhaps most important: if you reformat and reinstall without
finding out what caused your problem, you will very likely repeat the
behavior that caused it, and quickly find yourself back in exactly the
same situation.

If you have problems, post the details of them here; it's likely that
someone can help you and a reinstallation won't be required.



but iam not
finding my reinstall disc. How can I do this? Can I get a WP OS disc
somewhere?



What brand of computer do you have? Did you ever have a Windows XP CD?
Some brands don't come with them, but instead have a recovery
partition. If that's what you have, look in your documentation for
instructions on how to use it.

If you had a CD but lost it, you can contact your manufacturer to buy
a replacement. Alternatively if you have a friend with the same model
computer and the same type of Windows XP, you can borrow and use it.



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Old September 23rd 09, 05:23 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
db[_3_]
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some computers, especially laptops
have a factory restore procedure
available.

most often there is a halographic
sticker on the computer with the
product key whenever windows
comes preinstalled.

check out your computers home
site for this possibility.

if you don't have factory restore
available you will have to buy
a copy.

another method to resolve your
issue is to download and install
a freeware called siw.

it will provide you with the installed
product keys and you should jot
them down.

in doing so, you may have the option
to borrow and xp cd, install it with
the product key for that cd,

then come back and replace that
product key with the one siw
provided you.


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I want to wipe my computer system and reinstall windows XP but iam not
finding my reinstall disc. How can I do this? Can I get a WP OS disc
somewhere?
Gordon


 




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