Looking for a Dell XP Reinstallation CD

[DruMMinStUd06]

Anyone? Just need to borrow it... O0

[1WkdEvo]

I have one boss. Let me know

[Sr20kidD]

not all xo installation disc can accept the same key code... keep that in mind. if its from the same say maybe year of the pc model it should work...

[ultraflip]

not all xo installation disc can accept the same key code... keep that in mind. if its from the same say maybe year of the pc model it should work...

true... but dell green disks are fully compatible whenever installed...

[HKSevo]

found this


No, you will not be able to install Windows XP on another computer with that disc if the computer isn't the same Dell model as the one that came with the disc. I own a Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop, and when I called Dell asking this same question, the support representative said that the XP restore disc that comes with your Dell is designed to work only with a computer that uses the same BIOS that your Dell uses. Yes, the XP restore disc contains the full version of Windows XP, and as far as I can tell the version is the same one that you would find on a regular XP disc; when you install XP from the Dell disc, it does not install any other software.

One interesting thing that I'd like to point out is that you can reinstall Windows XP with that Dell disc on your Dell computer as many times as you'd like without having to re-activate the copy. When I was trying to solve a problem I was having with my Dell laptop (many various STOP errors), I ended up reinstalling XP five times in a row. Not once was I asked to call Microsoft and tell them what I was doing, which is what normally happens with a regular copy of XP if you reinstall it more than once within a certain period of time. The copy of XP that came with my Dell appears to have been "permanently activated", and I am assuming that this is the case with the rest of Dell's XP machines.

Also note that if you got a copy of Office XP with your Dell, you can install that on as many machines as you'd like, and although you have to re-activate your copy each time you reinstall it, Microsoft won't come after you about it, as they do with regular copies of Windows XP. I have installed the copy of Office XP that came with my Dell on both my laptop and desktop several times, and I wasn't prompted to call Microsoft and get a new activation number or whatever.

[WWboost]

If you want to do a recovery, jsut use the dell recovery partition

[kambodianboi]

*iPhone posted by accident :roll:*

[gt40]

You should just download the new windows 7 release candidate. It is stable and works great. I have run it for a couple of months and no issues