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Create XP start up CD without original CD?

Can I create a start up CD for XP without the original XP CD that SHOULD have
come with my computer but never did? Can I buy a new one from somewhere?

I bought the computer about 4 years ago in Hong Kong. I now live in London.
So contacting the retailer to ask them to supply me with what they never did
in the first place is unlikely.

Useful advice always welcome and gratefully received.

A
Sep 27 '08 #1
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Although this newsgroup is not for general Windows questions (it's for
Microsoft .NET programming quesitons), the answer is, no, you can't burn a
Windows XP CD from just the files you have on your hard drive, unless the
OEM actually put the entire Windows XP CD files on your hard drive
somewhere.

-Scott

"Lex" <Le*@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
news:AB**********************************@microsof t.com...
Can I create a start up CD for XP without the original XP CD that SHOULD
have
come with my computer but never did? Can I buy a new one from somewhere?

I bought the computer about 4 years ago in Hong Kong. I now live in
London.
So contacting the retailer to ask them to supply me with what they never
did
in the first place is unlikely.

Useful advice always welcome and gratefully received.

A

Sep 27 '08 #2
Thanks Scott.

Apologies for being in the wrong place. I thought the answer to the question
might be no. I doubt if the supplier had put the disc on my HD. If he did,
what would I be looking for? What would the file be called and how big might
it be?

Worth a shot.

Many thanks in advance

A

"Scott M." wrote:
Although this newsgroup is not for general Windows questions (it's for
Microsoft .NET programming quesitons), the answer is, no, you can't burn a
Windows XP CD from just the files you have on your hard drive, unless the
OEM actually put the entire Windows XP CD files on your hard drive
somewhere.

-Scott

"Lex" <Le*@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
news:AB**********************************@microsof t.com...
Can I create a start up CD for XP without the original XP CD that SHOULD
have
come with my computer but never did? Can I buy a new one from somewhere?

I bought the computer about 4 years ago in Hong Kong. I now live in
London.
So contacting the retailer to ask them to supply me with what they never
did
in the first place is unlikely.

Useful advice always welcome and gratefully received.

A


Sep 27 '08 #3

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