Re: back all files to an external drive

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"...winston" <merlin@druid9#.com>
Rock...just supplemental note and hope it doesn't interfere with the thread, but it
does add some variation to the OEM repair yes/no option.

Micron's XP Home and Pro OEM sp2 cd's(sp1 and gold post updating to sp2
via slipstream-I never did obtain a common reason why on the latter) are
capable of running an XP repair without destroying the contents of the drive.
The product key on the machine is functional for repair or clean install.
The Cd provided is not an image restoration or tool to access a hidden partition.

Ok, that's an option as long as the product key on the sticker attached to the computer case works on that CD. Usually it will work with a generic OEM CD. I haven't tried any of the branded ones, but then if it's is an installation CD, I can see that it might work. Take it back a few years some OEMs included an installation CD, with their logo on it, that was BIOS locked to the system so no product key was needed for an install on that system, but it was a regular installation CD. I know Gateway did that with their higher end systems about 5 years ago. I never tried that CD on another system either as a clean install using a generic OEM product key, or a repair install.

I didn't realize Micron was still in business.

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

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