Which disk

[eggy]

:o Hi All

 

Can someone please tell me which disk I should purchase to do a full install of XP Home rather than an upgrade to XP Home

 

I'm not too sure which to buy, I was thinking of purchasing one off ebay if anyone could link me to exactly what I need

 

Eggy

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition-SP3- Licence and media - 1 PC - OEM - CD - English - Ebuyer

[eggy]

Hi Wolfey

 

Thanks for that.

 

I am just wondering if I need to go to that expense, I have a genuine COA/sticker on the system but just need a genuine disk to go with it.

 

Eggy

[BeeCeeBee]

Eggy that is the problem, you really don't. The COA that you have was for the discs that came with it.

 

The link that Wolfey gave you is for a new OS and from a reputable company that many Extreme Tech Support - Free PC Help members deal with successfully.

 

Please do not ask for or expect help on ways around these facts. We value your membership.

[eggy]

Hi Bee

 

I didn't realize that sorry, I thought the COA was with the computer not the disk. I am trying Dell to see if I can get the disk off them as the pc was purchased from them with the OS already on.

 

Thanks

 

Eggy

[BeeCeeBee]

Both really but if you get help from Dell with the proper discs then that would be a good result and one we can deal with.

[Guest Wolfeymole]

When you first got the system from Dell and say you did not get an XP disk with it then the install of XP would have been on a Recovery partition, there would have been tools to make a single copy only of the system, this you obviously never did.

 

The only way to go now is either obtain a new Dell OEM from them or get the disk from the link that I mentioned earlier.

[eggy]

Hi Wolfey

 

You are right, I did not do this as the system belonged to my partner 2 years before I met him so it was kind of impossible for me to do.

 

Anyway it seems I have discovered my problem now and I am resolving it.

 

Thankyou all for the tickings off and for teaching me a few things I didn't already know.

 

Kind Regards

 

Eggy