Re: Restoring XP onto New Hard Drive -- Don't have old Windows ME CD?

Lil' Dave wrote:

> "New Hard Drive Installation" <New Hard Drive
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>> I have a bad hard drive. I bought a new one and was in the process
>> of re-loading Windows XP onto the new drive. I bought the computer
>> with Windows ME on it and paid for the XP Upgrade. The only CDs I
>> have are the XP Upgrade CD and the Comqaq "Recovery CD".
>>
>> The XP Load is requesting that I put in the old Windows ME CD to
>> verify that I can load the Windows XP Upgrade OS, but I don't have
>> the CD. What can I do? Anybody have this problem before?
>
> Believe Compaq sells replacements as "losing" the restore CD is quite
> common. The website address is self-explanatory.

Why would the OP need another Restore CD?

"The only CDs I have are the XP Upgrade CD and the Comqaq 'Recovery
CD'."

And heard people complain that once they bought a new Hard Drive the
Compaq recovery CD wouldn't work.

Plus a clean install is much better idea to do than upgrading over a
restored Compaq install, especially ME, the worst OS ever to come out of
Redmond.

Easiest way to get to use the XP Upgrade, is to "borrow" a friend's
Windows install CD, Win95 or later.

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