Aren't those recovery discs BIOS-locked to the ThinkPad BIOS? May not be
able to boot the OS they install, if they install it at all.

On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 2:37 PM, Andrew Webber <[email protected]>wrote:

> I need to do a complete reinstall of Win XP on a desktop machine,
> unfortunately the only media we have are Windows Vista (must have been
> bought with the Win XP upgrade pre-installed). I think the desktop is
> a Dell.
>
> The only media I can find handy are a set of Win XP recovery disks for
> my T41p. Can I use those? Of course I'd use the desktop's product key
> from the sticker on the case, but is there likely anything in the T41
> disks that would prevent this?
>
> Thanks!
>
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