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Dell OS Recovery CD

MiniMetro · 2006-01-26 23:13:13

I have an Inspiron 6000 which did not come with a Windows XP CD. I've been reading around and the "Dell OS Recovery Utility" seems to be the one to use to create a Windows XP disk. My question is, is this created disk for all intents and purposes the same as a normal retail Windows XP CD. In other words if I format the C:…

26-01-2006 11:13pm

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MiniMetro

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I have an Inspiron 6000 which did not come with a Windows XP CD. I've been reading around and the "Dell OS Recovery Utility" seems to be the one to use to create a Windows XP disk.

My question is, is this created disk for all intents and purposes the same as a normal retail Windows XP CD. In other words if I format the C: drive and remove Dells hidden partitions(might leave the small diagnostic one because it takes up very little space....advise??) will this disk allow me to perform a completely clean install of XP on this drive and also could I use this CD to install XP on a brand new hard drive i.e. not just repair XP.

Also I've never partitioned a drive before, approximately what size partition should I create for Windows XP? Any other additional partitioning advice(number and size) would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

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