re: XP repair install question
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 11:39 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Steve Dunn
(925 messages posted)
If you've got same version CD (eg, XP Home OEM) as your friend has installed, and
your friend has a valid COA sticker with a key printed on it, then you should be
able to do a repair reinstall using your CD and your friend's key. It will need to
be reactivated - I have done many of these and never had a problem (either reactivating
over the internet or if that doesn't work, phoning Microsoft). Keys are never 'preserved'
during repair reinstall - you always have to supply one.
Notes. Repair reinstall is best done with install disk at same service pack level
and internet explorer version as the installation being repaired. Using something
like nlite, you can create a new install CD with latest service pack and ie7 incorporated.
If you create an install disk with SP3 incorporated, you get a small advantage -
it will not insist on activation before letting you log on after the repair (ie,
you get a grace period). Usually with pre-SP3 disks you don't (certainly if its a
big name like Dell where as stated elsewhere the key on the sticker is different
to the 'mass' key on the machine).
On Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 9:46 am, james wrote:
>Friend did not get product recovery disks or a XP install CD with their desktop.
> Common occurance. Needs a reinstall of XP.
If I use my own XP CD to do
a
>repair install will it preserve the product key originally on the PC or will
>it be overwritten with the product key on my CD?
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- XP repair install question (james: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 9:46 am)
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