I bought my mom a used computer with Windows XP. If it ever gets messed up I won't be able to reinstall Windows since the computer didn't come with any disks. Is there any way to make a backup copy of Windows XP in the event that I ever need to reinstall it for her? Also, we don't have the administrator password for the computer that was set by the previous owner.
View 11 RepliesIs it possible to make a Windows XP Install CD that would have all drivers already installed? I have seen this feature on some notebooks like Fujitsu Siemens and Sony VAIO, they had all the drivers preinstalled. Is there a way to make such CDs my self.
View 2 Replies View RelatedWhen I purchased my lap top from Dell 2.5 years ago I made a backup OS CD. The computer did not come with the xp disc. I need to re-install the OS now-computer is slow, sluggish and just acting down right weird. I know its time, so as I gathered up the gutts to do this but when I popped in the cd and began the process it asked for the key number. I dont have that because I made the disc. I just followed the directions when I bought the computer. Now what do i do? I would rather purchase and upgrade to vista but when I ran the program to see if I could, there were some issues, plus its getting old and needs more memory, ram etc. Sooo this is the next best thing untill I breakdown and get a new PC.
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View 8 Replies View RelatedA 4gb flash drive and I was wondering if it would be wise to install WinXP on it. How do you make it bootable? Could you create a BartPE disk on it and use that?
View 7 Replies View RelatedI'm currently using Acer Travelmate 650. I need to reinstall the windows as i'm passing my notebook to my friend. how i reinstall my windows as i don't have a cd-rom for install.
View 35 Replies View RelatedAttempt to install XP Pro on a new hard drive, towards the finish I get errors cannot copy various files, although I'm trying 2 different new XP Pro CD's, and reformatted the drive after unsuccessful attempts. The CD drive has never been malfunctioned before.
View 7 Replies View RelatedWhy do people spend $200-$600 on a single piece of hardware (such as a graphics card, processor, or monitor), spend upward of 1 to 4 thousand for the entire hardware collection, and then pirate a copy of Windows XP Home that only costs like $100 for an OEM version if you don't even feel like shopping around for a good deal on it?I don't get it!What good is all of that hardware without any software to run it?And why to people whine about how bad Windows is, but then pirate it instead of running Linux? I mean if M$ software is so awful, then why use their software?
View 49 Replies View Relatedi installed an operationg system (service pack 3, but if i want to copy a file either from desktop or any where,i do klick on the right side of the mouse and shose ( send to ),and i dont see hard disks among the lists of where to send to,while i have 2 hard disks installed
View 6 Replies View RelatedI have been trying to clen up an old computer to give away. It is a 2002-vintage desktop with 512MB ram. I tried several times to reformat and reinstall xp, but I have only succeeded in removing the operating system and reformating both the hard drives. I have the OEM xp disk that came with it but I have tried 15 times to install xp and I can't. Is there anything I can do to fix this?
View 11 Replies View Relatedive been trying to reinstall windows on my pc, it will do everything fine until it starts to instal, it will get to about 50% threw the devices then it wont do annything after that, ive tryed everything i can think of to undo the installation but cant get it to work, is there something if missed for it to install correctly? if not can you tell me how to undo the new installation as its useless at the moment
View 14 Replies View RelatedI recently had my XPS M1710(Windows XP Pro) swapped out for a M1730(VHP) and would like some assistance in getting rid of Vista and installing XP Pro onto the new system.
View 12 Replies View RelatedWhat would be the procedure for me to change from Windows XP to Windows 2000? Does XP have to be uninstalled or can I install 2000 without that requirement? Someone told me that I could just install 2000 and, that, in effect, would override XP. But, I don't want to goof something up so I thought I had better check with the experts here first.
View 13 Replies View RelatedI need to install Windows XP on a laptop (Dell Latitude CPx H500GT) but I don't have the CD modular drive for it.How do I install XP with no built-in CD-ROM drive? The only other options I have is a ethernet PC card, one USB port and I do have a USB enclosure (for use with 3.5 hard drives or 5.25 cd/dvd drives)
View 8 Replies View RelatedCan someone tell me how to make a backup of my OS to a CD disc? My new computer came with Windows Media Center installed but with no reinstallation disk should I need it.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI recently got a new computer with windows XP and I want to make a backup copy of my hard drive. I've been using win 98se in the past and always backed up my drive using the "Drive Copy" software and that always worked just fine. I tried using it to copy my new Win XP drive and found that it has a different format called NTFS. My Drive Copy doesn't seem to work with the new drive. Any suggestions? Do I need to reformat the new blank drive I want to copy to?
View 6 Replies View RelatedMy hard rive at the moment it making random sounds sometimes and is poretty much faulty so I am getting it replaced. What I was qondering is that is there any program that will backup my whole hard drive onto another hard drive I have and then when I get my new one all my settings will be the same. by the way I am aware I can just use my other hard drive as mine but I need that for anyther computer later
View 6 Replies View RelatedI have been searching the internet for an answer to my question and unable to do so. What I want to do is make a bootable backup image that will self install without windows in case of an operating system failure where windows is unavailable. I want to image my C drive and make it so I can boot from CDR or DVDR and have it format the drive and reinstall my backup identical to the original. A long time ago I saw this done with Symantec Ghost on a job I was on but have no idea how to accomplish the task myself. I was wondering if there is perhaps a better software out there now for making a total self restoring image of your haed drive such as this.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI have windows xp sp2 on oem, is it ok for me to make a backup copy of it in case i lose it, i wont lend or sell it to anyone, just for personal use and as only i have the product key stuck on my computer is it o.k. to do this? Just in case i lose it and will it still work eg. let me format my computer? in case i lose my original.
View 14 Replies View RelatedWhy does Windows XP not have a SAM.SAV file? Where is a backup copy of the SAM stored?
View 7 Replies View RelatedI have a friend who has a pentium 2 350 which is currently running on Windows 98SE...yikes!My friend has been complaining that their computer has been running slow and that pop ups are appearing everywhere. I told them that it sounds like their computer has been hijacked and that I would recommend that they format their computer and start from fresh.I want to format their computer and install a newer windows OS (perhaps windows xp) and install a couple of spyware/antivirus programs.
View 7 Replies View RelatedUsing win xp pro. Sometimes when we try to boot up our dell says "Configuration file missing". After that it won't go any further. Is there a way that we can make a copy of our configuration file? How would we insert it when we saw that screen again?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI reinstalled Windows XP Pro over the current version as I was having problems. I did a complete install instead of a repair, wasn't paying attention. I did make a complete backup of my hard drive prior to reinstalling. I now do not see any of the files or modem setups in my start menu. What files do I need to copy from the backup instead of having to reload all the programs from scratch?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI am new to this forum but not a new user to Windows XP. I need your help. I have a windows XP orginal CD. I had made a backup copy of it as soon as i had received it. But unfortunately I didnt make a backup copy of the Product Key, for which I am here. No I am not asking you to come to my house and search for the 'lost' Cd. I want to ask that how can I retrieve my Windows Product Key from the installed XP I already have. I know you are going to say Majic Jelly Bean software, very useful. But then agein there is another problem. My existing windows installation is corrupted and I cannot log on to. I have managed to have a clean install on another partition with an invalid key (read crack), although I dont intend to do so. So please help if I could anyhow recover my original CD Key.
View 3 Replies View Relatedafter a recovery is done? I have e-machine with xp and can't find where they are. Downloading all took so long last time that I got infected before PC was updated.
View 6 Replies View RelatedEASY way to copy my hard drive to a bootable CD? I think the HDD I have now is dying, and I would like to have a hard drive I can just pop in which has all the information I have now. I have heard horror stories about Norton Ghost, so I'm hesitant there. I also bought a product called Drivecopy...BEFORE I learned that it is not compatible with XP Pro. Ghost and Drivecopy are both PowerQuest products. I have been told that if you simply copy one drive to another it will not be bootable because of some hidden/missing files that Windows uses. I have also heard that most products which are SUPPOSED to do what I want will only work on drives the exact same size and will duplicate my smaller partition if I go to a larger drive. There MUST be an easy way, but I'm stumped.
View 14 Replies View RelatedI have a problem with understanding the differences between these words (actions), when I use Retrospect,( a backup program,) I cannot read any files since the backup file turns into a huge something. When I backup, I mean I copy my files from one drive to an external drive and I can always restore them or copy them to another computer. These are for my files.
When I want to re-install a program, I take the original disk or the zip file I downloaded, stored on CD or another external hard drive.
Recommend me a free program to basically copy files from windows to the portable hard drive? I don't need compression, and I don't want the entire backup in one file, like .zip or .bkf. Normally I would just copy the files over, but I would lose the timestamps and all the attributes.
View 4 Replies View RelatedMy computer seems to work fine except when I try to do a copy in Casper XP to backup my hard drive to external HD. I also got this stop code last night when trying to do a disk check to correct errors. Stop 0X0000000A (0X00000188, 0X000000FF, 0X00000000, 0X804E35E9). I have located online page for stop 0X0000000A codes which states could be driver problem... that last one parimeter 4 -- 804E35E9 how/where would I
find out which/if this is associated to a particular driver so I can possibly correct it?
When installing a larger main drive, how do I get the drivers copied onto the slave before I take out the main one I wonder is there a simple way of doing this, I am using Windows XP home edition, the PC is an oldish one and isn't any specific make, so I can't get any clever programs from the manufacturers site
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