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    Reinstall Windows with recovery cd

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by .:Stan:., Aug 3, 2006.

  1. .:Stan:.

    .:Stan:. Notebook Guru

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    Is it easy to reinstall Windows Xp home with the recovery cd for a person that never did it?
     
    .:Stan:., Aug 3, 2006
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    Juz_Follow_ATI ATI all the way

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    Yes, just follow the steps provided by Microsoft. It'll give you step by step instructions on what you want to do.
     
    Juz_Follow_ATI, Aug 3, 2006
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    ahidalgo Notebook Consultant

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    It's easy. Some years ago, I only have little knowlege in computers and I started with a toshiba satellite.
    I don't remember the model that it was ( celeron 600 with 64MB of ram). The recovery cd was so easy to use. I turned on the laptop, put the cd in before windows boots. Bios detect and asked for continue or boot cd.
    This cd only had 4 options one of this was reinstall windows ME.
    Follow the instructions, and I don't remember so well but I think that it doesn't ask for a serial number.
     
    ahidalgo, Aug 3, 2006
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    jas Notebook Evangelist

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    My experience was that it was really simple. You put in the recovery CD, (some of the systems now have multiple recovery CDs, so you would start with #1, and others allow a recovery DVD), and then turn on, or reboot your computer. Hold down the C key to boot to the optical drive, and then follow the onscreen instructions.

    There really are no installation steps to follow because the recovery process simply restores the factory software install onto your hard drive. You should be presented with at least 2 choices. The first is to do a complete factory reinstall, which will erase your entire hard drive and reinstall the original software. The other choice is if you have partitioned your hard drive into separate drives, (like a C and D drive), and you WANT to install the factory software onto the C drive only. Then it will erase everything on the C drive and install the original software there only.

    All in all the process is designed to be pretty easy. No questions to answer, no installation serial numbers to enter. Just pick your drive and wait until everything is written back to the drive.
     
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