devilsofdarkness Posted June 2, 2009 Posted June 2, 2009 Hi all im running windows xp but cant find the disks anywhere,,,Is there anywhere I can download windows xp to format my drive?? Ive got my product key and my current edition of windows is registered and i didnt no if there was anywhere i can format my drive by inputing my product key,,, does that make sense?? thanks debi Quote
Tootech Posted June 2, 2009 Posted June 2, 2009 Hi, On the face of it there's no way around a lost Windows CD. Ive got my product key and my current edition of windows is registered You need the corresponding CD that came with your PC. You may have a hidden recovery partition on your computer, which would mean you can rebuild using that and not need a CD. Can you tell us more about it, make and model if you can and we will take it from there. Quote
BJD88 Posted June 2, 2009 Posted June 2, 2009 You may have a hidden recovery partition on your computer, which would mean you can rebuild using that and not need a CD. Devil, If you bought your computer with Windows XP pre-installed, there should be a folder named: I386 located in the C drive. As Tootech mentioned, you will be able to rebuild using this. You will probably be able to create a 'Backup CD' as well. How to Create a Bootable Windows XP Setup CD/DVD from a Pre-loaded/Preinstalled Windows System (howtohaven.com) ^ website i found with regards to this. However this only works if you have the I386 folder on your system. Quote
zinglebarb Posted June 2, 2009 Posted June 2, 2009 If you do have the I386 folder you can easily install this from a usb drive as long as your machine is new enough to allow booting from said device http://extremetechsupport.com/forum/50478-post10.html instructions here Quote Q9550 P5Q pro mobo 4 gig pc8500 ATI 4870 Scythe CPU cooler Vista X64 5 HDDs 3 optical OCZ modular psu
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