RE: New Computer, No Original Win XP disk
From: Stephen (Stephen_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/25/04
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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 17:25:02 -0700
It's a Compaq, which is owned by HP, so it's got that HP stuff on it on a
partition. Which means if I every have serious problems I have to re-install
the OE crap or buy Ghost.
Ok, so the act of buying a computer doesn't include a liscensed copy of the
operating system that's installed on the computer, which happens to be
Windows XP ? Seems like that wouldn't be legal. Plus, by doing this, I
can't use many of the built in features in WinXP. Like the described at
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/bott_03july14.mspx
Thanks a bunch Compaq/HP. It does suck. But I'll take that up with the
manufacturer or buy an imaging software.
Thanks for the info.
Regards
"RayBccul--" wrote:
> If you want a clean installation of Windows on an OEM machine, you either
> need a licensed copy of XP to install and then you need to download and
> install all the manufacturers drivers separately. It's much easier and nearly
> as effective to use the base installation (if yours has problems there could
> be corruption on the recovery partition. Contact the manufacturer for a set
> of recovery disks and try from there) then uninstall the garbage they include
> in the image. It's a pain but it works for most of the junk they include.
>
>
> "Stephen" wrote:
>
> > I bought a new computer and it doesn't have a disk with the original Win XP
> > software on it. There is a partition on the hard drive that will allow me to
> > re-image the computer like it was when it shipped, but that brings back all
> > the original manufacturer installed garbage and it damages all the installed
> > software... I know I should have built my own, but this had all the features
> > and was cheaper...
> >
> > How do I make an installable copy of the Windows software I own? I have a
> > CDW drive and floppy. I'm researching imaging software like Norton Ghost, is
> > that the best way to go? But I really just want to be able to re-install Win
> > XP if I need to. I've recently upgraded to Win XP Sp2 if that helps.
> >
> > Next Question: can I tell Windows to place the contents of My Documents on
> > a partition or my extra internal hard drive? Is that a good idea if I want
> > to keep that drive only as back up for my files, should I periodically just
> > copy them to the second drive? Yes, I have two physical hard drives, I
> > pulled the one from my old computer before I sold it for parts. Thanks in
> > advance for the advice.
> >
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