Guest Owkmann Posted July 24, 2007 Posted July 24, 2007 I picked up an older computer with XP loaded, no source disks. Unfortunately the system frequently blue screens. I suspect some of the files are corrupted from viruses I caught and killed. Am I allowed to copy clean files from my personal copy of XP CD to this old computer? Owkmann
Guest sgopus Posted July 24, 2007 Posted July 24, 2007 RE: Copy question yes, just use the sfc /scannow statement in the run box, and it will scan your system and replace missing and or corrupt files. "Owkmann" wrote: > I picked up an older computer with XP loaded, no source disks. Unfortunately > the system frequently blue screens. I suspect some of the files are > corrupted from viruses I caught and killed. > > Am I allowed to copy clean files from my personal copy of XP CD to this old > computer? > > Owkmann > > >
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted July 24, 2007 Posted July 24, 2007 Re: Copy question "Owkmann" <owkmann@nojunk.yahoo.com> wrote in message news:uVk8TtjzHHA.4928@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >I picked up an older computer with XP loaded, no source disks. >Unfortunately the system frequently blue screens. I suspect some of the >files are corrupted from viruses I caught and killed. > > Am I allowed to copy clean files from my personal copy of XP CD to this > old computer? > > Owkmann > Yes, you are, although I doubt very much that this will fix your problem.
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted July 24, 2007 Posted July 24, 2007 Re: Copy question On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 17:41:00 -0400, "Owkmann" <owkmann@nojunk.yahoo.com> wrote: > I picked up an older computer with XP loaded, no source disks. Unfortunately > the system frequently blue screens. I suspect some of the files are > corrupted from viruses I caught and killed. > > Am I allowed to copy clean files from my personal copy of XP CD to this old > computer? My view is that you are asking the wrong question. If I acquired a used computer, the first thing I would do with it would be to reinstall the operating system cleanly. You have no idea how the computer has been maintained, what has been installed incorrectly, what is missing, what viruses and spyware there may be, etc. I wouldn't want to live with somebody else's mistakes and problems, possibility of kiddie porn, etc., and I wouldn't recommend that anyone else do either. This is important enough that if you don't have a Windows CD, you should buy one. If you didn't get a Windows CD with the computer, you don't have a valid license, anyway. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest Plato Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 Re: Copy question Owkmann wrote: > > I picked up an older computer with XP loaded, no source disks. Unfortunately Best bet when buying a used pc to to wipe the disk first, then use the official MS CD to install the MS OS you want to use fresh. -- http://www.bootdisk.com/
Guest Vanguard Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 Re: Copy question "Owkmann" wrote in message news:uVk8TtjzHHA.4928@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > I picked up an older computer with XP loaded, no source disks. > Unfortunately the system frequently blue screens. I suspect some of > the files are corrupted from viruses I caught and killed. > > Am I allowed to copy clean files from my personal copy of XP CD to > this old computer? If you didn't get the installation media, what you got for the old computer was just hardware that included a polluted hard drive. The installation or, at least, the license must accompany the resale of the software. Was there a sticker on the computer case with the product key? If so, you can call Microsoft to get a replacement CD. So have you first tried reinstalling the motherboard, video, and other hardware drivers?
Guest Owkmann Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 Re: Copy question Thanks for that. Sure enough, the product key is on a MS sticker on the side of the case. So I'll wipe the HD. What is the link to request new CD's from Microsoft? "Vanguard" <vanguard.x@comcast.net> wrote in message news:%239RYVqlzHHA.5380@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > "Owkmann" wrote in message news:uVk8TtjzHHA.4928@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >> I picked up an older computer with XP loaded, no source disks. >> Unfortunately the system frequently blue screens. I suspect some of the >> files are corrupted from viruses I caught and killed. >> >> Am I allowed to copy clean files from my personal copy of XP CD to this >> old computer? > > If you didn't get the installation media, what you got for the old > computer was just hardware that included a polluted hard drive. The > installation or, at least, the license must accompany the resale of the > software. Was there a sticker on the computer case with the product key? > If so, you can call Microsoft to get a replacement CD. > > So have you first tried reinstalling the motherboard, video, and other > hardware drivers? > >
Guest Bob I Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 Re: Copy question Actually the original computer vendor is where you get referred to for OEM CDs. Owkmann wrote: > Thanks for that. Sure enough, the product key is on a MS sticker on the side > of the case. So I'll wipe the HD. What is the link to request new CD's from > Microsoft? > > > "Vanguard" <vanguard.x@comcast.net> wrote in message > news:%239RYVqlzHHA.5380@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > >>"Owkmann" wrote in message news:uVk8TtjzHHA.4928@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >> >>>I picked up an older computer with XP loaded, no source disks. >>>Unfortunately the system frequently blue screens. I suspect some of the >>>files are corrupted from viruses I caught and killed. >>> >>>Am I allowed to copy clean files from my personal copy of XP CD to this >>>old computer? >> >>If you didn't get the installation media, what you got for the old >>computer was just hardware that included a polluted hard drive. The >>installation or, at least, the license must accompany the resale of the >>software. Was there a sticker on the computer case with the product key? >>If so, you can call Microsoft to get a replacement CD. >> >>So have you first tried reinstalling the motherboard, video, and other >>hardware drivers? >> >> > > >
Guest Vanguard Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 Re: Copy question "Owkmann" wrote in message news:Omb5nxszHHA.2312@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Thanks for that. Sure enough, the product key is on a MS sticker on > the side of the case. So I'll wipe the HD. What is the link to request > new CD's from Microsoft? If "OEM" is in on the sticker then you have to go back to whomever made that computer. Otherwise, go to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326246. This used computer didn't come with the manuals that would've originally came with it? The manual probably told you how to restore/reinstall the OS. It is possible there is a hidden partition on a hard drive and you are to use that to restore (and image) back to the delivery-time condition of that computer. Have to talked to the seller from whom you "picked up" this used computer to demand they provide you with the Windows XP installation CD so that the copy of Windows they claimed was included is actually a legitimate copy? Since the sticker is on the case, the seller is required to surrender all installation media, too! If the seller refuses then you probably have an illegal copy of Windows (i.e., what you got was a used computer with a polluted hard drive).
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