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    Do you need the recovery disc?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by balr, Aug 12, 2006.

  1. balr

    balr Notebook Enthusiast

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    For the dv2000t, the recovery disc for windows xp pro is an additional 10.00. I want to do a fresh install of xp so will i need this?
     
    balr, Aug 12, 2006
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    the1 Notebook Consultant

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    i'm assuming that the recovery disc is an xp pro disc in which case yes you need it unless you already have one

    recovery disks on the other hand are usually disk images which revert your hard drive back to factory settings so you can't do fresh installs with them
     
    the1, Aug 12, 2006
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    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    your either gonna want a reinstallation disk, where it sorta verifies that you have xp installed and then does a fresh install, recovery wont really do a fresh install i think.

    or you could borrow one. just make sure you own a key that matches the version of the disk you have. ie xp home key for xp home disk

    check out magical jelly bean software and write down your key.
     
    masterchef341, Aug 12, 2006
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  4. WeAreNotAlone

    WeAreNotAlone Notebook Deity

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    The $10 gets you an OS install disc... with the SATA drivers already slipstreamed in.

    YES YOU WILL NEED THIS... WORTH EVERY PENNY.


    And yes the $10 OS install disc... will allow you to do a total format of the hard drive, wiping everything clean...
     
    WeAreNotAlone, Aug 12, 2006
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    nferra2 Notebook Geek

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    If you have that $10 OS install disc, can you use it on another brand computer to do a clean install??? I got a used computer for my mom, and it already has XP on it, I just want to do a clean install for her b/c the person before didn't have any disc and still has a lot of junk on the computer. But what do you expect when you get a Pentium-M 1.6 machine for $100.
     
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  6. WeAreNotAlone

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    The $10 install disc has an embedded key.... and in most cases a mfg disc provided by one mfg will not work on another.

    To be sure on that call up MicroSoft and ask them.
     
    WeAreNotAlone, Aug 12, 2006
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    bluesboy Notebook Consultant

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    So does the $10 OS install disc also include all of the bloatware that is on the dv2000t or is it a 'fresh' install of XP?
     
    bluesboy, Aug 13, 2006
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    miner Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    It is a clean copy of Win XP. It does not contain any bloatware or drivers.
     
    miner, Aug 13, 2006
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    vestige Notebook Consultant

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    You don't need to buy one. If you have a recovery cd/partition that creates the i386 folder on your hard drive then you can make a clean OEM disc using those. However that is incomplete. What is missing are the OEMBIOS files. You can however extract them from your system directory.

    After that you can create a normal OEM disc or unattended or slipstreamed.
     
    vestige, Aug 13, 2006
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