Re: need xp cd 2 reinstall

hi thanks for reply ;) ive had pc for about 4 years i bought it in paper
second hand. its got so much junk on it i need to start fresh, ive tryed to
uninstall everything but there's still about 10 gig used ( h/d is 20gig) and
i dont know whats taking up all the space and thats not counting the 2 1/2
gig that xp takes up. any idea's how to get rid of all the junk? since i cant
reinstall

"SARGE" wrote:


"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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dangleberries wrote:

i need 2 reinstall xp;


Why? How do you know? It is very seldom the best solution to a problem. In
fact it's usually the worst possible solution.


( but i dont have cd. can i make a cd from
copying the windows files on the hard disk?


No.


or is there an other way
of doing this? ive got ligit copy of xp home on h/d and i dont think
theres a hidden partition on it.


If yours is a system that came with XP preinstalled, the OEM vendor had to
give you a way to reinstall if necessary. If you don't have a CD, there
should be a hidden recovery partition on the drive, but you should check
with your vendor to find out.

Personally, I find all these methods unacceptable, and would never choose
to buy a computer that came with an operating system unless I got a
complete generic installation CD for that operating system.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

I had a e-machine one time and they don't give you a recovery cd it's on
the computer so I sent it back just for that reason.



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