Summary: Sorry, it was late and brain cells were already fried due to frustration. I realized I didn't explain all details clearly. The recovery CD is for XP...
Summary: I had a guy install a second internal HD. Since it was larger than the original, we made the second drive the primary, loaded up XP Media Edition and...
Summary: Well, i got the disks from HP, and i was VERY lucky that i talked to a nice person that sent me the recovery discs for free (not even S&H), so now i h...
Summary: I just ordered my PC and I'm having second thoughts especially about the OS ...can you rate my PC and suggest any changes? Thanks XPS 400 PentiumĀ® D ...
Summary: @ XpUser: Sorry, I didn't mean for it to come off as a personal attack. I have no need to restore OEM applications...most of which are trialware and l...
Summary: A 'recovery' disk so called generally has a prepackaged solution to setup the PC in an 'ex-factory' state. This you would expect should bring everythi...
Summary: I have an emachine T1840 and it got a virus and I didn't have a recovery cd. I used a gateway recovery cd from a laptop and it worked. Now I got ano...
Summary: I would like to run a simple webserver for Windows XP home edition. Are there any recommended basic webserver programs out there to recommend? ...
Summary: No, you can't use your copy of Windows XP Home Edition on her computer. This is because each copy of Windows XP is uniquely identifiable by Microsoft....
Summary: I am considering purchasing the MS Plus Digital Media Edition add-on for XP home edition. Has anyone had problems trying to install this? I have read ...
Summary: Has anyone downloaded the new security update 817787 for xp media player? Just wondering what this really does? I know that windows has been trying t...
Summary: Thank you grasshopper, Miller88, Tubesandwires, and Sabertooth. I've decided to use the recovery discs. The XP PRO installation was from a copy that a...
Summary: Hello people, like a lot of you noticed, my computer is really screwed up. So to simply solve all my problems all at once, i have decided to reformat ...
Summary: I don't know where it is you have gotten yourself as that is DOS commands...which should not be needed. All you need to do is: 1) if you are using the...
Summary: Help needed. I can't seem to create a recovery disc for my compaq presario B1900. Everytime I do the PC Recovery Disc Creator - everything works fine ...
Summary: Problem solved. Obtained a copy of a recovery disc for XP pro from a colleague and it installed first time using the code from the label stuck on the ...
Summary: Is there an error message during the install process? What do you mean with this? "I have tried an XP Pro cd (just to see if it would boot from it (no...
Summary: I'm assuming by disc kill, you mean resetting the HD back to all 0's. No it is not necessarily a stupid idea. What kill disk actually does is writes...
Summary: My laptop is in the shop and just received a new hard drive. I have been asked to bring in the "recovery disc" and I did not realize I was suppose to ...
Summary: Windows will not open. On turning on the computer it goes into a loop of windows screen a flash of a message and back to the windows screen. I have us...
Summary: Hello all, I am in dire need of assistance and any help is most welcome. I am running a Sony Vaio with Intel Core 2 Duo 2.00 GHz processor and Windows...
Summary: Hi, Does anyone know how to install XP Media Center Edition from scratch. It will not let me boot from CD as it says Cannot boot from CD ROM for this ...