re: Repair Xp
Monday, March 23, 2009 at 9:13 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Dan Sarandrea, MCSE
(7132 messages posted)
Major manufacturer PCs that did not come with recovery or reinstallation CDs usually
have a recovery partition on the hard disk drive. Most of the time but not always,
the recovery will erase the user portion of the hard disk and reimage it back to
factory fresh, destroying all your files in the process. Some of the time, though,
the recovery program will offer you a way to save your files. If you have no CD
available, then hope that the computer has the latter recovery option.
You can use a genuine Microsoft hologrammed CD to do a repair reinstallation provided:
1. The CD matches the installed XP (Home has to be repaired with Home, Pro with
Pro, etc)
2. The CD is of the same distribution channel (if the exsiting installation is an
OEM installation then the CD has to be an OEM CD, if the existing installation is
a full retail then the CD has to be full retail)
3. The CD is the same or higher Service Pack level that the installation
4. When using a systembuilder/OEM CD to repair a major manufacturer OEM installation,
you use the Product Key on the repaired computer's Certificate of Authenticity (CoA)
and DO NOT use the Product Key that came with the CD
5. When using a systembuilder/OEM CD to repair a major manufacturer OEM installation,
you DO NOT attempt to activate automatically online; instead choose the Telephonic
Activation option in the Activation Wizard. If the challenge and response activation
is denied, choose the option to speak with a live activation representative. Explain
you are repairing a computer that did not come with a CD so you are using a systembuilder?OEM
CD plus the PK on the repaired computer's CoA.
Whatever you do, DON'T use a downloaded ISO of a Microsoft installation CD. These
are chock full of rootkits, spyware, keyloggers and crap they don't even have a name
for yet.
- Written in response to:
- re: Repair Xp (John: Monday, March 23, 2009 at 7:48 am)
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