Alright, my hard drive is beginning to go out so I want to replace it. I already have another hard drive but I don't have a windows xp install disc. I bought my computer from HP and all they sent was that HP windows xp disc that brings your computer back to how it was when I first bought the thing. Well I don't want to bring it back to that point I want a complete reinstall without all the HP crap that comes on the computer when they ship it out. Besides I can't seem to find that disc anywhere now anyway. Is there another way to create a disc without having to buy xp again?

Thats what you get for buying HP, or any names brand computer for that matter. There is no way that you can create an install disk from the installation on the hard disk. What you can do though is transfer the installation on the existing disk to the new disk. Most disk manufactures privide a utility to do just this. Stuart

if you know someone who can lend you a disk you can copy that. it's not illegal because you have the licence for it (make sure you get the correct edition - home or pro - otherwise your product key won't work) then you can do your clean installation

W@hy not go buy the proper software. Everyone should have the OS and you should never settle for restore cd from any maker. You can have one on ebay for $65 full version XP Home. isn't your pc worth that kind of investment? If not buy another.

Response 2 should work for you...I use the same XP install disc and just insert the users license and all is well. Hopefully my advice will help you...Please post back with your results....thanks

Doing a run through all my friends who have a computer I think that actually all of them bought HP's or Dell's. Dell does the same thing, which is actually one of the reasons I don't buy Dell's anymore.

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