restoring XP on computer

[Guest Lost In Space/Woodchuck]

My daughter's old Gateway computer circa 2004 had a HD crash and will not

boot. The problem is she doesn't have the restore disc but does have the XP

home registration number. Is there anyway we can get this going again other

than buying XP new?

 

 

regards

[Guest Shenan Stanley]

Re: restoring XP on computer

 

Lost In Space/Woodchuck wrote:

> My daughter's old Gateway computer circa 2004 had a HD crash and

> will not boot. The problem is she doesn't have the restore disc but

> does have the XP home registration number. Is there anyway we can

> get this going again other than buying XP new?

 

Possibly - if you can get ahold of a generic Windows XP Home CD...

Or better yet - call Gateway and see if they have one they can ship you...

 

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[Guest philo]

Re: restoring XP on computer

 

 

"Lost In Space/Woodchuck" <newsgroupmail1@wildblue.net> wrote in message

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> My daughter's old Gateway computer circa 2004 had a HD crash and will not

> boot. The problem is she doesn't have the restore disc but does have the

XP

> home registration number. Is there anyway we can get this going again

other

> than buying XP new?

>

>

> regards

>

>

 

Contact Gateway and see if they furnish the restore disk

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: restoring XP on computer

 

Assuming that XP came preinstalled then the product key will only work with

an OEM cd. Check with Gateway to see if replacement media is available. If

you do buy a retail copy of XP then be sure to download the XP drivers from

Gateway and put them on a cd for use after XP is reinstalled. You will need

a full edition (not upgrade) of XP if you buy it.

 

If Gateway does not have replacement media any more, you might check with

http://www.restoredisks.com/.

 

"Lost In Space/Woodchuck" <newsgroupmail1@wildblue.net> wrote in message

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> My daughter's old Gateway computer circa 2004 had a HD crash and will not

> boot. The problem is she doesn't have the restore disc but does have the

> XP home registration number. Is there anyway we can get this going again

> other than buying XP new?

>

>

> regards

>

[Guest R. McCarty]

Re: restoring XP on computer

 

Not many options without the Restore disk(s). HD crash is a very

catastrophic event. Means the head has lost it's cushion of air and

made contact with the platter surface. Are you sure the disk drive

has failed totally ? Do you see any error messages when you try to

boot ? Message(s) would help to determine whether its failed or

simply has corruption that prevents XP from booting ( Which is

most times fixable ).

 

As to restoring, if you can locate a Gateway OEM XP home disk

or maybe a "Generic" OEM XP Home you may be able to install

onto a new drive. However, you'd only get the OS and not any of

the OEM supplied applications. You might call Gateway support.

Sometimes you get lucky and speak to an agent that will send you

a replacement disk. However that is somewhat unlikely based on

the age of the computer.

 

"Lost In Space/Woodchuck" <newsgroupmail1@wildblue.net> wrote in message

news:e73ZQ7FjIHA.3544@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> My daughter's old Gateway computer circa 2004 had a HD crash and will not

> boot. The problem is she doesn't have the restore disc but does have the

> XP home registration number. Is there anyway we can get this going again

> other than buying XP new?

>

>

> regards

>

[Guest Lost In Space/Woodchuck]

Re: restoring XP on computer

 

Anyone ever try SpinRite 6.0? On the site they sound like it can fix the

problem.

 

 

"R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message

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> Not many options without the Restore disk(s). HD crash is a very

> catastrophic event. Means the head has lost it's cushion of air and

> made contact with the platter surface. Are you sure the disk drive

> has failed totally ? Do you see any error messages when you try to

> boot ? Message(s) would help to determine whether its failed or

> simply has corruption that prevents XP from booting ( Which is

> most times fixable ).

>

> As to restoring, if you can locate a Gateway OEM XP home disk

> or maybe a "Generic" OEM XP Home you may be able to install

> onto a new drive. However, you'd only get the OS and not any of

> the OEM supplied applications. You might call Gateway support.

> Sometimes you get lucky and speak to an agent that will send you

> a replacement disk. However that is somewhat unlikely based on

> the age of the computer.

>

> "Lost In Space/Woodchuck" <newsgroupmail1@wildblue.net> wrote in message

> news:e73ZQ7FjIHA.3544@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> My daughter's old Gateway computer circa 2004 had a HD crash and will not

>> boot. The problem is she doesn't have the restore disc but does have the

>> XP home registration number. Is there anyway we can get this going again

>> other than buying XP new?

>>

>>

>> regards

>>

>

>

[Guest PD43]

Re: restoring XP on computer

 

"Lost In Space/Woodchuck" <newsgroupmail1@wildblue.net> wrote:

>Anyone ever try SpinRite 6.0? On the site they sound like it can fix the

>problem.

 

Didn't even know that Spinrite was still around. Latest version dates

to 2004?

 

AND IT COSTS $89??

 

And it doesn't come with a guarantee that it will do what you want it

to do?

 

You can buy a hell of a lot of new hard drive for that.

[Guest Lost In Space/Woodchuck]

UPDATE Re: restoring XP on computer

 

UPDATE Re: restoring XP on computer

 

I maybe lucky after not trying in over a month to boot, when I booted the

system it did start and go into scandisk and is now trying to fix things.

Looks like has alot of bad clusters. Question, if when I install the new

drive and use the drive copy utility can I then use(if needed) my XP-Home

upgrade disk from my other computer? Or is it going to ask for that key...

which would be a no-no since it's for another system.

 

 

"Lost In Space/Woodchuck" <newsgroupmail1@wildblue.net> wrote in message

news:e73ZQ7FjIHA.3544@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> My daughter's old Gateway computer circa 2004 had a HD crash and will not

> boot. The problem is she doesn't have the restore disc but does have the

> XP home registration number. Is there anyway we can get this going again

> other than buying XP new?

>

>

> regards

>

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: UPDATE Re: restoring XP on computer

 

Re: UPDATE Re: restoring XP on computer

 

It may ask you to reactivate because of a hardware change. It depends on

what you have done before. If you do not have your own Windows license then

you need to buy one.

 

"Lost In Space/Woodchuck" <newsgroupmail1@wildblue.net> wrote in message

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>I maybe lucky after not trying in over a month to boot, when I booted the

>system it did start and go into scandisk and is now trying to fix things.

>Looks like has alot of bad clusters. Question, if when I install the new

>drive and use the drive copy utility can I then use(if needed) my XP-Home

>upgrade disk from my other computer? Or is it going to ask for that key...

>which would be a no-no since it's for another system.

>

>

> "Lost In Space/Woodchuck" <newsgroupmail1@wildblue.net> wrote in message

> news:e73ZQ7FjIHA.3544@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> My daughter's old Gateway computer circa 2004 had a HD crash and will not

>> boot. The problem is she doesn't have the restore disc but does have the

>> XP home registration number. Is there anyway we can get this going again

>> other than buying XP new?

>>

>>

>> regards

>>

>

>

[Guest Big Al]

Re: restoring XP on computer

 

Colin Barnhorst wrote:

> Assuming that XP came preinstalled then the product key will only work

> with an OEM cd. Check with Gateway to see if replacement media is

> available. If you do buy a retail copy of XP then be sure to download

> the XP drivers from Gateway and put them on a cd for use after XP is

> reinstalled. You will need a full edition (not upgrade) of XP if you

> buy it.

>

> If Gateway does not have replacement media any more, you might check

> with http://www.restoredisks.com/.

>

> "Lost In Space/Woodchuck" <newsgroupmail1@wildblue.net> wrote in message

> news:e73ZQ7FjIHA.3544@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> My daughter's old Gateway computer circa 2004 had a HD crash and will

>> not boot. The problem is she doesn't have the restore disc but does

>> have the XP home registration number. Is there anyway we can get this

>> going again other than buying XP new?

>>

>>

>> regards

>>

>

I agree with Colin, except that if you have an old version of any

Windows, you can buy XP upgrade. But here again you had to keep THAT

cd too and losing cd's seems to be the first part of this problem, right?

[Guest Big Al]

Re: UPDATE Re: restoring XP on computer

 

Re: UPDATE Re: restoring XP on computer

 

Lost In Space/Woodchuck wrote:

> I maybe lucky after not trying in over a month to boot, when I booted the

> system it did start and go into scandisk and is now trying to fix things.

> Looks like has alot of bad clusters. Question, if when I install the new

> drive and use the drive copy utility can I then use(if needed) my XP-Home

> upgrade disk from my other computer? Or is it going to ask for that key...

> which would be a no-no since it's for another system.

>

>

> "Lost In Space/Woodchuck" <newsgroupmail1@wildblue.net> wrote in message

> news:e73ZQ7FjIHA.3544@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> My daughter's old Gateway computer circa 2004 had a HD crash and will not

>> boot. The problem is she doesn't have the restore disc but does have the

>> XP home registration number. Is there anyway we can get this going again

>> other than buying XP new?

>>

>>

>> regards

>>

>

>

I've never needed the previous version key to do an upgrade. I've

always just needed the current CD Key to license the current version I'm

loading. Again, if you have an older version on CD you simply put it

in the CD drive when it starts searching. it finds whatever file it

needs to validate and then continues the upgrade. I don't think you

need a loaded running previous version.