On 3/30/2007 9:18 PM On a whim, unklbuk pounded out on the keyboard
I had to replace my hard drive and now I need to reinstall windows xp. My
system came with a restore cd that I just found out wont restore a new hard
drive only the origanal. I found downloads for what I think is what I need
but you have to put them on 6 floppy disks and my new system does not have a
floppy drive, so I can not put them on a floppy to transfer over to the old
one. How can I get my old system up and running again. Its a Compaq presario
5410US. Do I need to puy a floppy drive on my new HP with vista? Can I put it
on a cd? Thanks for your help in advance. ROB
Hi Rob,
Can you clarify a few things? You first stated you had to replace your
hard drive and needed to reinstall XP. But then you state, "Do I need
to buy a floppy drive on my new HP with Vista"? What exactly are you
trying to do?
I believe a restore CD should be able to image a new drive. What are
the error messages you are receiving when attempting the restore?
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Terry
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