andsome Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 My daughters computer is finally in such a mess that she has agreed that drastic measures are needed. The O/S needs reinstalling. Being an Evesham, I don’t expect for one moment that the disc supplied will do an install, it will almost certainly be a rescue disc only. 1/ Can I use my OEM XP Home SP2 disc for a reinstallation, as long as I register it with their number of course? 2/ Failing this, am I correct in understanding that an installer is in a hidden folder on the hard drive? If this is so, can I copy this to a CD and install from this? Her husband assures me that he still has all the driver discs. They will buy Acronis, and a USB plug in drive, so that everything can be backed up properly this time. I have made it quite clear that I will not do the job until the computer has been thoroughly cleaned inside first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 andsomeJust use your SP2 diskMake sure you have all the drivers for their PC before you start :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted December 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 andsomeJust use your SP2 diskMake sure you have all the drivers for their PC before you start :)I hope that the drivers on the original discs will be OK. Is there any reason why they wouldn't be? I can always update them later with Driver max. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 Evesham had the reputation of always supplying the Windows disk with their machines. Your daughter may well still have it amongst the driver disks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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