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! > > -- > Andrew mailto:[email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
