I know exactly what you mean Vern, what I was trying to get at is that
some HP computers had the XP disc and related utilities on a separate
partition rather than on a cd. The user could use a utility to create a
restore cd from this partition to fix whatever issue arose.
Hopefully I am more clear in my answer this time :)
Once you have it installed fresh there is a utility called Autopatcher
www.autopatcher.com which is very useful in that it contains all of the
MS patches from SP2 until now for XP. Windows 2000, 2003, and Vista are
also covered. This tool is invaluable for persons on dialup. You
download it, update it with monthly collections and burn it to a cd and
you are good to update.
HTH
Peter Kaulback
Vern wrote:
Pete, the trouble is I don't want to restore WinXP. I want to wipe the
drive to get rid of all the junk and reload Windows so the machine will
be like it was new.
As it is an HP it might not have a restore cd, rather it may have a
restore partition with diagnostic and restore utilities located there.
Check HP support for specific instructions regarding the particular
model you have there.
It will activate on it's own when installation is complete unless you
want to call them, I've had to when reinstalling after the tenth time
in about 6 weeks. They get kind of antsy about such reinstalls.
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