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xp reinstall advice

  • 20-10-2007 11:52am
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    hi, here's the situation, i've got an old computer lying around, it originally had 98 on it but we got it upgraded to xp a couplr of years ago. Its running really slowly and won't even connect to the internet anymore, i was thinking of wiping the hard drive and reinstalling xp, but then i realised i haven't got the cd, i've got the driver disk for 98, will this work if i reinstall xp?what are my options? any advice would be great. thanks


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    Anti
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    If you have a xp cd key just borrow a cd from a friend/family member. IF not you will have to buy a new copy.


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    Anti wrote: »
    If you have a xp cd key just borrow a cd from a friend/family member. IF not you will have to buy a new copy.

    I have an xp cd that came with my laptop but it says it only to be used on dell computers. will that work on an acer? Can ya use them cd as many times as you like? Will the driver cd i have that i got with it originally whe it was 98 work on xp? sorry that was alot of questions!


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    unless its a OEM cd then no. Im guessing its the Green cd?


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    Anti wrote: »
    unless its a OEM cd then no. Im guessing its the Green cd?

    Its a blue cd, doesn't say anything about being an OEM cd :(


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    subway
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    use this to get your key
    http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml

    the disc will either work or not,
    it wont do any damage to try and boot from it


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    subway wrote: »
    use this to get your key
    http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml

    the disc will either work or not,
    it wont do any damage to try and boot from it
    Cool thanks for that, i'll give it a go later on.


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    extra-ordinary_
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    When you say you haven't got the CD, do you mean the XP installation CD? If so, then you need to get an installation CD from somwhere.
    The Windows 98 driver CD will be of next to no use in the installation of XP.

    The Dell XP installation CD will install XP on your PC, but if it is a non-Dell PC, then you will be required to activate XP after installation. When you ring microsoft to activate, you can quote the license key number you have.

    XP SP2 will more than likely have all the necessary drivers you need to install your devices.


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    I have microsoft office on the pc at the moment, when i wipe the hd and reinstall xp, will i be able to use the same product key as i did the first time or should i make some sort of backup of it first?


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