trackrat Posted December 30, 2003 Report Share Posted December 30, 2003 Do OEM XP discs have the repair function on them, as once I tried to boot from cd ( after altering it in the bios to cd 1st boot) but it just ignored it and booted into windowsRegards AlanAlso at the bottom of the name box is Wan followed by 3 brown boxes and a % what is this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redhat Posted December 30, 2003 Report Share Posted December 30, 2003 Yes they should do, check your bios to see if you have booting from CDRom enabled in the boot sequence. Press Del (either the delete button under insert or the period button next to the enter button on the numberpad) while your computer first boots up to reach bios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nellie2 Posted December 30, 2003 Report Share Posted December 30, 2003 yes it does the only difference with OEM software is you don't get a manual or support from microsoft. I think you will find that you get a message on the screen as your PC is booting up saying if you want to boot from your CD then you have to 'press any key'. If you don't press a key then it will just load as normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackrat Posted December 30, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2003 Yes you do get a prompt to press any key and it still booted into the OS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted December 30, 2003 Report Share Posted December 30, 2003 press the R key to get the recovery console Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboy33 Posted December 31, 2003 Report Share Posted December 31, 2003 does your OEM disc have windowsXP on it or does it have the manufacturers nameIf it has the Manufacturers then it is a restore disc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackrat Posted December 31, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2003 Madboy 33 it says on the disc Microsoft xp home edition so it is a full copy. I do not want to try it at the moment as it is running like clockwork and I do not want to tempt fate. So will keep all these answers in mind for future reference, and will close this post.Regards Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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