some xp-installed computers do not have a feature to create backups of the system that came pre-installed. I personally had to pay $50 to hp to get a set of 8 recovery discs. no-it was not a single CD for just installing windows xp on a computer it was all the software that came on the hard-drive when i bought it. the assumption companies make is that the recovery partition on the hard-drive will never fail you. so if you don't have the windows xp CD you have to use the recovery partition of your drive or recovery CD set.
by downloading and running the WinXP_EN_PRO_BF utility
Windows 2000 Windows XP Professional and any after
Basic and Dynamic
Access the Recovery Console by first booting from the Windows 2000/XP CD, or the four Windows 2000 setup disks or install the console under the boot loader menu and access it from there. Insert the 1st of the disks and restart the PC. You are directed to insert each of the four disks in turn, and then the Setup screen appears. Type R to select the "To repair a Windows 2000 installation" option, then type C to select the Recovery Console.
You cannot install Windows ME over Windows XP from within XP. If you must (for whatever reason) install Windows ME, you will need to boot from the CD.
There are six Windows XP Setup boot floppy disks. You must have the files and the drivers that these disks contain to access the CD-ROM drive and to start the Setup process. Create the Setup disks When you download the Setup disks, the download contains only one large program file. When you run the downloaded file, it extracts the files. You receive the following prompt: This program creates the Setup boot disks for Microsoft Windows XP. To create these disks, you need to provide 6 blank, formatted, high-density disks. Please specify the floppy drive to copy the images to: Type the drive letter for the floppy disk drive (this is typically drive A). After you type the floppy disk drive letter, you receive the following prompt: Insert one of these disks into drive drive letter:. This disk will become the Windows XP Setup Boot Disk. Press any key when you are ready. When you press a key, the downloaded file starts to extract and copy the files. Continue to insert the blank disks as you are prompted to do so until all six disks are created. If the process is interrupted, you must run the downloaded program file again to create all six disks. Make sure to label each disk appropriately with the number that is specified by the program. You must use the disks in the correct order during the Setup process. Use the Setup disks After you create all six disks, insert the first disk in the floppy disk drive, and then restart the computer. The computer must be configured to boot from the floppy disk drive. You may have to modify the BIOS settings on your computer to do this. Download the Setup disk program file Windows XP original release For information about the Setup boot disk versions that are available for download, visit the following Microsoft Web sites: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=E8FE6868-6E4F-471C-B455-BD5AFEE126D8 Microsoft Windows XP Professional http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=55820EDB-5039-4955-BCB7-4FED408EA73F Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) Note Windows XP CD-ROMs that include SP1 have the text "Includes Service Pack 1" on the CD-ROM. For information about the Setup boot disk versions that are available for download, visit the following Microsoft Web sites: Windows XP Home Edition SP1 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=FBE5E4FC-695F-43E5-AF05-719F45C382A4 Windows XP Professional SP1 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=83F53BE9-28FA-40E8-8EC2-631504EF5E26
Windows XP boot disks can be purchased at a number of different online sites. Amazon and eBay, for example, sell these boot disks for affordable rates.
Reload xp from the restore disks.
Most computer disk drives sold today will work with Mac OS X or Windows XP.
Two. One for Windows XP and one for Windows Vista.
No reason why not. Windows XP should be able to read disks created with Windows 98 without any problems. OpenOffice is capable of reading a wide variety of files.
The XP setup program is a 32 bit program, while the 2000 setup program is a 16 bit program.