Hard drive crash with no recovery disk

Windows XP Support >> Hard drive crash with no recovery disk My HD suffered a mechanical failure and I cannot find the system recovery
disk (*&!). The PC had a manufacturer-installed Home edition of XP
(registration number is on the case) and I paid for the Pro upgrade (for
which I have the disks). I'm going to replace the HD and load everything
from scratch, but I don't have XP home disks. The system recovery disk for
my pc (HP pavilion 7955) is nowhere to be found on the web (or at HP)(*&!).
What are my best (least expensive) options for getting and loading an
authentic version of XP home on this new HD?
Thanks!
--
Tom
Indianapolis

Windows XP599

Windows XP Support >> Hard drive crash with no recovery disk Call H-P support on the phone, explain the issue, and ask them to send you a
replacement recovery disc.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
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"Tom" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
news:EMail@HideDomain.com...
> My HD suffered a mechanical failure and I cannot find the system recovery
> disk (*&!). The PC had a manufacturer-installed Home edition of XP
> (registration number is on the case) and I paid for the Pro upgrade (for
> which I have the disks). I'm going to replace the HD and load everything
> from scratch, but I don't have XP home disks. The system recovery disk for
> my pc (HP pavilion 7955) is nowhere to be found on the web (or at HP)(*&!).
> What are my best (least expensive) options for getting and loading an
> authentic version of XP home on this new HD?
> Thanks!
> --
> Tom
> Indianapolis

Windows XP Support >> Hard drive crash with no recovery disk On Sat, 4 Nov 2006 06:58:02 -0800, Tom <EMail@HideDomain.com>
wrote:

>My HD suffered a mechanical failure and I cannot find the system recovery
>disk (*&!). The PC had a manufacturer-installed Home edition of XP
>(registration number is on the case) and I paid for the Pro upgrade (for
>which I have the disks). I'm going to replace the HD and load everything
>from scratch, but I don't have XP home disks. The system recovery disk for
>my pc (HP pavilion 7955) is nowhere to be found on the web (or at HP)(*&!).
>What are my best (least expensive) options for getting and loading an
>authentic version of XP home on this new HD?
>Thanks!

I think HP will send you a recovery disk for $20.

Windows XP Support >> Hard drive crash with no recovery disk Thanks to those who suggested I call HP. I did, but the PC is old enough
(2001)that they no longer stock the recovery disk. They pointed me to third
party resources on the web (for example restoredisks.com), but I have been
unable to find the recovery disk that way, either. -
Tom
Indianapolis

"glee" wrote:

> Call H-P support on the phone, explain the issue, and ask them to send you a
> replacement recovery disc.
> --
> Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
> http://dts-l.org/
> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>
>
> "Tom" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
> news:EMail@HideDomain.com...
> > My HD suffered a mechanical failure and I cannot find the system recovery
> > disk (*&!). The PC had a manufacturer-installed Home edition of XP
> > (registration number is on the case) and I paid for the Pro upgrade (for
> > which I have the disks). I'm going to replace the HD and load everything
> > from scratch, but I don't have XP home disks. The system recovery disk for
> > my pc (HP pavilion 7955) is nowhere to be found on the web (or at HP)(*&!).
> > What are my best (least expensive) options for getting and loading an
> > authentic version of XP home on this new HD?
> > Thanks!
> > --
> > Tom
> > Indianapolis
>
>

Windows XP Support >> Hard drive crash with no recovery disk ok, well this is the
first i've heard of this posting.

the next best thing is to
1) buy yourself a copy of windows xp
and
2) create emergency boot up cd or floppies
off another pc.

the 2 tools above will help
you get into an unfunctional pc
if it should ever occur.

"Tom" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
news:EMail@HideDomain.com...
> Thanks to those who suggested I call HP. I did, but the PC is old enough
> (2001)that they no longer stock the recovery disk. They pointed me to
> third
> party resources on the web (for example restoredisks.com), but I have been
> unable to find the recovery disk that way, either. -
> Tom
> Indianapolis
>
>
> "glee" wrote:
>
>> Call H-P support on the phone, explain the issue, and ask them to send
>> you a
>> replacement recovery disc.
>> --
>> Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
>> http://dts-l.org/
>> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>>
>>
>> "Tom" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
>> news:EMail@HideDomain.com...
>> > My HD suffered a mechanical failure and I cannot find the system
>> > recovery
>> > disk (*&!). The PC had a manufacturer-installed Home edition of XP
>> > (registration number is on the case) and I paid for the Pro upgrade
>> > (for
>> > which I have the disks). I'm going to replace the HD and load
>> > everything
>> > from scratch, but I don't have XP home disks. The system recovery disk
>> > for
>> > my pc (HP pavilion 7955) is nowhere to be found on the web (or at
>> > HP)(*&!).
>> > What are my best (least expensive) options for getting and loading an
>> > authentic version of XP home on this new HD?
>> > Thanks!
>> > --
>> > Tom
>> > Indianapolis
>>
>>

Windows XP Support >> Hard drive crash with no recovery disk Tom you state "...I paid for the Pro upgrade (for
which I have the disks)...". If you have the XP Pro CD - boot from the CD
(set boot order via BIOS if necessary) - do not select upgrade option for
clean install. If for some reason setup does not continue and you receive a
message regarding no previous version of Windows or boot from Windows only-
haul out an old 98 or ME CD.

"Tom" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
news:EMail@HideDomain.com...
> Thanks to those who suggested I call HP. I did, but the PC is old enough
> (2001)that they no longer stock the recovery disk. They pointed me to
> third
> party resources on the web (for example restoredisks.com), but I have been
> unable to find the recovery disk that way, either. -
> Tom
> Indianapolis
>
>
> "glee" wrote:
>
>> Call H-P support on the phone, explain the issue, and ask them to send
>> you a
>> replacement recovery disc.
>> --
>> Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
>> http://dts-l.org/
>> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>>
>>
>> "Tom" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
>> news:EMail@HideDomain.com...
>> > My HD suffered a mechanical failure and I cannot find the system
>> > recovery
>> > disk (*&!). The PC had a manufacturer-installed Home edition of XP
>> > (registration number is on the case) and I paid for the Pro upgrade
>> > (for
>> > which I have the disks). I'm going to replace the HD and load
>> > everything
>> > from scratch, but I don't have XP home disks. The system recovery disk
>> > for
>> > my pc (HP pavilion 7955) is nowhere to be found on the web (or at
>> > HP)(*&!).
>> > What are my best (least expensive) options for getting and loading an
>> > authentic version of XP home on this new HD?
>> > Thanks!
>> > --
>> > Tom
>> > Indianapolis
>>
>>