re: Real XP set up disk Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 6:27 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Rich Kurtz (12246 messages posted) Jmac, what exactly are you trying to accomplish? If it's saving your data before you use the HP recovery CD then Steve's suggestion is the way to go. See this post by Happyrck for how to boot Puppy Linux if you need to save your data before doing a clean install of XP . http://www.geekstogo.com/.....=findpost&p=1197721#entry1197721 Get the latest version of Puppy available, not the older version Happyrck mentions. Also, not all HP recovery discs will wipe your drive. Some give you a choice of doing a Repair Install (install over existing XP) or Clean Install (format and install). Check your documentation to see what yours will do. If you don't have it you can go to the HP web site and get it from there. Post your model number if you need help with this. Rich Id quot circumiret, circumveniat Written in response to: re: Real XP set up disk (Jmac: Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 5:15 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Real XP set up disk (Jmac: Tue, Jan 6, 2009, 1:43 pm) re: Real XP set up disk (Steve: Tue, Jan 6, 2009, 2:48 pm) re: Real XP set up disk (Jmac: Tue, Jan 6, 2009, 5:15 pm) re: Real XP set up disk (Steve: Tue, Jan 6, 2009, 5:34 pm) re: Real XP set up disk (Rich Kurtz: Tue, Jan 6, 2009, 6:27 pm) re: Real XP set up disk (bob wells: Tue, Jan 6, 2009, 6:24 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum