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Reinstall Xp Home sp2

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by jasonemmg Jul 21, 2010 last reply Jul 23, 2010

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I have a Dell Dimension 3000 that I would like to reformat but I do no have reinstall CD/DVD and computer does not let me create the CD(s),etc...

I do have a retail version of XP Home upgrade from years ago when I upgraded a very old PC from WIN98.

Can I use this CD after using Acronis True Image on my existing HDD or do I need to buy a new HDD and then slave and copy files,etc..

Thank you in advance for assistance!

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there was a hidden restore partition or if not, you can contact dell, give them all the pertinent info and have the cd's mailed to you...

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim3000/en/OM/j6758A04.pdf

And according to this there is a Recovery partition that you use by pressing the [b]Ctrl and F11 Keys[/b] while the Dell Logo is on the screen.

The full directions are on the bottom of Pages 41 and 42 under the heading of [b]Using Dell PC Restore by Symantec[/b]

You should read this first before proceeding any further.

Col

I did find instructions that mentioned burning a copy of the c:\i386 directory to CD/DVD and using that do to a restore.

I will look at both of your mentioned solutions over the weekend.

Thanks.

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