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September 3rd 06, 05:54 PM
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formatted hard drive
Got new system (customised B110 - XP home). As I don't need all junk
demoware, and not happy the way they split hard drive space into 4(!) partitions, I thought that the best action is to format the hard drive, and make clean XP install. Unfortunately I discovered that I can't just take XP OEM disk from another system install XP and transfer the XP licence number from the sticker. It seems that the only way to get back is to ftp dell system image and cut install CD. Now the question is which CD image? (I know, I filed a ticket already. Hope they'll get back soon). 
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September 3rd 06, 06:24 PM
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aloha.kakuikanu wrote:
Got new system (customised B110 - XP home). As I don't need all junk demoware, and not happy the way they split hard drive space into 4(!) partitions, I thought that the best action is to format the hard drive, and make clean XP install. Unfortunately I discovered that I can't just take XP OEM disk from another system install XP and transfer the XP licence number from the sticker. It seems that the only way to get back is to ftp dell system image and cut install CD. Now the question is which CD image? I've never seen a Dell with a partitioned harddrive and AFAIK any Dell XP CD should work just fine and not require activation. Bob
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September 4th 06, 02:15 AM
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Exactly. The original poster has found out that a run-of-the-mill XP OEM CD
will not work. He needs a Dell OEM CD. Best thing to do is to call Dell and order the CD set for $10 or whatever they are charging these days... Ben Myers On Sun, 03 Sep 2006 17:24:59 GMT, Bob Levine wrote: aloha.kakuikanu wrote: Got new system (customised B110 - XP home). As I don't need all junk demoware, and not happy the way they split hard drive space into 4(!) partitions, I thought that the best action is to format the hard drive, and make clean XP install. Unfortunately I discovered that I can't just take XP OEM disk from another system install XP and transfer the XP licence number from the sticker. It seems that the only way to get back is to ftp dell system image and cut install CD. Now the question is which CD image? I've never seen a Dell with a partitioned harddrive and AFAIK any Dell XP CD should work just fine and not require activation. Bob
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September 4th 06, 05:10 AM
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Ben Myers wrote: Exactly. The original poster has found out that a run-of-the-mill XP OEM CD will not work. He needs a Dell OEM CD. Best thing to do is to call Dell and order the CD set for $10 or whatever they are charging these days... Ben Myers They indeed are sending the XP CD that I need (and applications CD that I don't;-), apparently for free.
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