Re: Install XP over OEM XP

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From: Lynne (sophieaz_at_cox.net)
Date: 04/18/04 

Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 17:00:55 -0700

There is no disk - that's the problem. What Compaq has done is include the
OEM of XP. This is what is reinstalled if you activate the "system restore"
function - this is installed on a 5 GB partition of my hard drive. Compaq
refers to this as "the recovery partition." I also have a multiple disk set
that they suggest you make as a backup of the partition contents (they call
these "recovery disks"). The recovery partition restores the original
installation and setup - I don't know that the user has any control on
this - it seems to be an automatic process, and, this would simply put the
whole shebang back onto my hard drive. I popped in the recovery CDs, but the
only file named "backup" that I could find had a .jp extension. Thanks so
much for the help. As I said in my prior post, I can live with this for the
duration of the service warranty - then I'll re-do it to my liking, with my
own copy of the OS. Lynne

"Jason Haynes" <jasonlhaynes@COLDmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23QwtzRNJEHA.2452@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> The OEM and retail versions of XP are identical except in licensing. The
> backup program is not installed by default in XP Home, but can be
installed
> from the cd. I'm not familiar with Compaq restore cd's, but the backup
> program should reside on one of the disks. You should be able to uninstall
> Compaq's proprietary help application and then be able to run XP's native
> help. I'm not sure on this one, so maybe someone else can confirm or deny.
>
> "Lynne" <sophieaz@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:8Uggc.17538$Rz3.2473@fed1read05...
> > There seem to be features that are not available to me because I have
the
> > OEM version of XP (backup and, a true Windows XP help system - I have
> Help,
> > but it's Compaq's version, not XP and it's not all that great. And,
should
> > something happen, it makes me "nervous" to not have anything other than
> > mfgr's "Restore" program and restoration CDs that I burned. Can I simply
> buy
> > a copy of XP and install it over the existing OEM, or, would I have to
> > reformat, clean install?
> >
> > Thanks.
> > Lynne
> >
> >
>
>

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