george riley Posted July 16, 2011 Report Share Posted July 16, 2011 Hi guysis it possible to obtain a replacement xp disc or could i borrow one & still use it ive lost mine & i need to format my daughters pc.And you know what kids are like without their pcs lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bludgard Posted July 16, 2011 Report Share Posted July 16, 2011 You can indeed borrow a disk to reinstall. It must be the same version to be able to activate the product. You may have to phone MS to successfully activate. If you could find the proper OEM disc (machine specific), activation may take place during install without the need for human intervention.Does the machine have a recovery partition whereby to restore to factory condition? Could be less hassle and time consuming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george riley Posted July 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2011 im not really sure in all honesty how can i find out please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted July 16, 2011 Report Share Posted July 16, 2011 What make/model is the PC ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george riley Posted July 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2011 the only info i can see is EI SYSTEM 5030 sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted July 16, 2011 Report Share Posted July 16, 2011 Bought from - Dixons/Currys/PC World ???Did you make a recovery disk (as you were probably supposed to) when you first got it ?Is it an actual PC or a laptop ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted July 16, 2011 Report Share Posted July 16, 2011 Is it a Pentium 4 3.06GHZ + 40GB H/D 512MB RAM Tower PC ?Motherboard: CPU Type Intel Pentium 4, 3056 MHz (23 x 133) Motherboard Name ECS L4S5MG3 (3 PCI, 1 AGP, 1 CNR, 2 DIMM, Audio, Video) Motherboard Chipset SiS 651 System Memory 480 MB (PC2700 DDR SDRAM) BIOS Type Award (02/12/03) Communication Port Communications Port (COM1) Communication Port Communications Port (COM2) Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1) Display: Video Adapter SiS 315 Integrated 3D Accelerator SiS 315 Integrated Multimedia: Audio Adapter SiS 7012 Audio Device Storage: IDE Controller SiS PCI IDE Controller Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive Disk Drive Maxtor 2F040L0 (40 GB, 5400 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133) Optical Drive LITE-ON DVDRW LDW-411S (DVD+RW:4x/4x, DVD-RW:4x/2x, DVD-ROM:12x, CD:40x/24x/40x DVD+RW/DVD-RW) Partitions: C: (NTFS) 39205 MB If so there will not be a recovery partition as such. It should have come with a disk labelled "EI System Recovery CD ROM"This software is preinstalled on your PC and can be used for backup or recovery only on this system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george riley Posted July 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2011 i bought it second hand myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted July 16, 2011 Report Share Posted July 16, 2011 Well if you can get an XP disk, at least you know the devices installed if you have any Unknown Devices showing after the install. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bludgard Posted October 4, 2011 Report Share Posted October 4, 2011 my friend buy a new windows 7 DVD its works properly on his system but it create problem in my pc after installing it shows black screen .i formated my system 4-5 times so, i need a solution of this problem please suggest me the solution . Sounds to me to be a hardware issue (incompatible).Just a guess, mind you. Can the Desktop be reached in Safe Mode?Run this on the machine next time you have it up and running:http://windows.microsoft.com/upgradeadvisor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted October 4, 2011 Report Share Posted October 4, 2011 If the Windows version is activated on one computer and the same product key is used on a second one the installation is likely to fail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bludgard Posted October 4, 2011 Report Share Posted October 4, 2011 If the Windows version is activated on one computer and the same product key is used on a second one the installation is likely to fail. Absolutely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bludgard Posted October 4, 2011 Report Share Posted October 4, 2011 ...windows 7 DVD its works properly.... Am I in the wrong forum? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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