Restoreing XP from restore disks

I need to restore the XP system from the original disks that were created
when XP was installled on a friends laptop. Any advice on the procedure for
doing this?

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I need to restore the XP system from the original disks that were
created when XP was installled on a friends laptop. Any advice on the
procedure for doing this?

Most restore discs will wipe everything off of the drive (even all
partitions). So saving all important data is something that is worth
doing.

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Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2
Centrino Core Duo 1.83G - 2GB - Windows XP SP3

robertv wrote:

I need to restore the XP system from the original disks that were created
when XP was installled on a friends laptop. Any advice on the procedure for
doing this?

You want to restore your host using some rescue discs that were created
on your friend's installation of Windows. Do they have the same version
of Windows as do (did) you? Do they have the same license type (OEM
versus retail)? Does your friend have a branded (e.g., Dell, Gateway,
or whatever) or a generic install of Windows? If it is a branded
version, it may not work on your computer, especially if you don't have
the same model as your friend (even if you have the same brand) and even
more likely a problem if you and your friend don't have the same brand.
Rescue discs to place an image in a partition already have the drivers
added for THAT hardware for which those discs were intended.

Did you actually have Windows installed before on YOUR host (and now
want to wipe it out with a fresh copy)?

As Bill mentioned, an image restore will place a factory-time image in
the partition on the hard disk. That means you lose tweaks,
configuration settings, data files, and user-installed apps (so you'll
need all those app install discs, too).

Thank you for the response but I must not have been clear. I would be doing
the restore on his laptop, which is where the restore was created. His
system was compromised in such a way that he was led to delete files that
were essential. Hence the need to restore.What I am looking for is some
guidance in the procedure that I should follow to accomplish the restore on
his laptop using the disks created on his laptop.

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wrote:
Thank you for the response but I must not have been clear. I would be
doing the restore on his laptop, which is where the restore was
created. His system was compromised in such a way that he was led to
delete files that were essential. Hence the need to restore.What I am
looking for is some guidance in the procedure that I should follow to
accomplish the restore on his laptop using the disks created on his
laptop.

Whether it was the restore disc(s) that came with the computer or those
that the user created, they are one in the same. As VanguardLH
mentioned, everything will be gone but it will be returned back to the
day the computer was brand new.

If that isn't acceptable, you need to pull data and other things that
one needs before doing so. There are a number of ways to do this. If
this is what you need to do first, just ask.

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Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2
Centrino Core Duo 1.83G - 2GB - Windows XP SP3

I have already pulled off what he needs to retain so the machine is ready
for the restore. Does the restore happen automatically when I in sert the
first restore disk?

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I have already pulled off what he needs to retain so the machine is
ready for the restore. Does the restore happen automatically when I
in sert the first restore disk?

If the BIOS is set to automatically boot if something is in the CD/DVD
drive, then yes. You have to answer some easy questions and warnings
that it will wipe everything on the drive clean.

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Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2
Centrino Core Duo 1.83G - 2GB - Windows XP SP3