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How do I create Restore Disks from Preinstalled XP Presario 900
I bought a used Presario 906us lapotp with xp.
The i386 directory is there as are the application directories. I need the disk space, so want to get rid of that stuff. The compaq site says all I gotta do is execute the create disks program. That's the part I don't have. It's not on the machine. Is there another way to create restore disks? Thanks, mike |
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How do I create Restore Disks from Preinstalled XP Presario 900
If your notebook has a CD or DVD-RW drive, do yourself a favor and purchase
NTI DriveBackup. It will create bootable CD or DVD restore discs. "mike" wrote in message news:W0A0h.557$CT5.188@trnddc02... I bought a used Presario 906us lapotp with xp. The i386 directory is there as are the application directories. I need the disk space, so want to get rid of that stuff. The compaq site says all I gotta do is execute the create disks program. That's the part I don't have. It's not on the machine. Is there another way to create restore disks? Thanks, mike |
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How do I create Restore Disks from Preinstalled XP Presario 900
HH wrote:
If your notebook has a CD or DVD-RW drive, do yourself a favor and purchase NTI DriveBackup. It will create bootable CD or DVD restore discs. OK, I'm confused. If I understand the NTI site, NTI DriveBackup will create disks that can restore my system to it's CURRENT state. Not what I want, have lots of programs to do that. What I want is a way to take the Microsoft i386 directory on the hard drive and create a CD to REINSTALL XP to a VIRGIN state without losing the oem features or creating activation issues. Then I wanna slipstream SP2 into that. The program exists, cause Compaq explains how to use it. Problem is that it seems to delete itself once you make the disks...not helpful for the second owner of the system. I don't really understand it, but it appears that installing SP2 adds 400MB of redundant files plus another 400MB of backed up files. Clean install doesn't do that, but creates activation issues if you don't have the right version OEM install cd???? mike "mike" wrote in message news:W0A0h.557$CT5.188@trnddc02... I bought a used Presario 906us lapotp with xp. The i386 directory is there as are the application directories. I need the disk space, so want to get rid of that stuff. The compaq site says all I gotta do is execute the create disks program. That's the part I don't have. It's not on the machine. Is there another way to create restore disks? Thanks, mike |
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How do I create Restore Disks from Preinstalled XP Presario 900
"mike" wrote in message news:W0A0h.557$CT5.188@trnddc02... I bought a used Presario 906us lapotp with xp. The i386 directory is there as are the application directories. I need the disk space, so want to get rid of that stuff. The compaq site says all I gotta do is execute the create disks program. That's the part I don't have. It's not on the machine. Is there another way to create restore disks? Thanks, mike It under the System Tools tab. You can also order a Restore CD set fro $15.50 from HP. Bobby |
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