tobyjug01 said:thanks for that but its a bit difficult on a sunday, its easy if you have
an
operating disc but with it being pre-installed ive no idea, got the seriel
number and thats it!
TaurArian said:Contact the manufacturer.
--
===========================
TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2006
===========================
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
"Need more help? http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=ph;en-us;6527
(Links to web pages and MSKB Articles are posted for the purposes of
keeping the
information current)
| Hi, ive got a Compac Presario 3.4+ CPU with 1GB RAM, windows XP Home
edition
| built in...hence no operating disc 64 Bit Pc with 200 GB HDD. There is
6 GB
| Partition for operating system, has anyone any ideas how i can format
| this..without the XP OS Disc? Thanks
John Barnett MVP said:If you have no operating disc how are you going to re-install Windows XP
when you format the hard drive? Once you have formatted the hard drive you
have lost everything - hence Taurians suggestion to contact the
manufacturer's. You really do need the operating system recovery disc before
proceeding any further.
Incidentally, have you checked your PC manual to see if it gives
instructions on how to create a recovery disc?
--
John Barnett MVP
Associate Expert
http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org
The information in this mail is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind,
either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy,
reliability or content of this mail. The Author shall not be liable for any
direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use
of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail..
tobyjug01 said:thanks for that but its a bit difficult on a sunday, its easy if you have
an
operating disc but with it being pre-installed ive no idea, got the seriel
number and thats it!
TaurArian said:Contact the manufacturer.
--
===========================
TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2006
===========================
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
"Need more help? http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=ph;en-us;6527
(Links to web pages and MSKB Articles are posted for the purposes of
keeping the
information current)
| Hi, ive got a Compac Presario 3.4+ CPU with 1GB RAM, windows XP Home
edition
| built in...hence no operating disc 64 Bit Pc with 200 GB HDD. There is
6 GB
| Partition for operating system, has anyone any ideas how i can format
| this..without the XP OS Disc? Thanks
tobyjug01 said:thankyou John, i have got a system recovery disk, but its asking for the
administrators password, would that be the serial number on my label
depicting my XP Disc? Any ideas?
John Barnett MVP said:If you have no operating disc how are you going to re-install Windows XP
when you format the hard drive? Once you have formatted the hard drive
you
have lost everything - hence Taurians suggestion to contact the
manufacturer's. You really do need the operating system recovery disc
before
proceeding any further.
Incidentally, have you checked your PC manual to see if it gives
instructions on how to create a recovery disc?
--
John Barnett MVP
Associate Expert
http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org
The information in this mail is supplied "as is". No warranty of any
kind,
either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy,
reliability or content of this mail. The Author shall not be liable for
any
direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the
use
of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail..
tobyjug01 said:thanks for that but its a bit difficult on a sunday, its easy if you
have
an
operating disc but with it being pre-installed ive no idea, got the
seriel
number and thats it!
:
Contact the manufacturer.
--
===========================
TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2006
===========================
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
"Need more help? http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=ph;en-us;6527
(Links to web pages and MSKB Articles are posted for the purposes of
keeping the
information current)
| Hi, ive got a Compac Presario 3.4+ CPU with 1GB RAM, windows XP Home
edition
| built in...hence no operating disc 64 Bit Pc with 200 GB HDD. There
is
6 GB
| Partition for operating system, has anyone any ideas how i can
format
| this..without the XP OS Disc? Thanks
tobyjug01 said:thankyou John, i have got a system recovery disk, but its asking for the
administrators password, would that be the serial number on my label
depicting my XP Disc? Any ideas?
John Barnett MVP said:If you have no operating disc how are you going to re-install Windows XP
when you format the hard drive? Once you have formatted the hard drive
you
have lost everything - hence Taurians suggestion to contact the
manufacturer's. You really do need the operating system recovery disc
before
proceeding any further.
Incidentally, have you checked your PC manual to see if it gives
instructions on how to create a recovery disc?
--
John Barnett MVP
Associate Expert
http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org
The information in this mail is supplied "as is". No warranty of any
kind,
either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy,
reliability or content of this mail. The Author shall not be liable for
any
direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the
use
of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail..
tobyjug01 said:thanks for that but its a bit difficult on a sunday, its easy if you
have
an
operating disc but with it being pre-installed ive no idea, got the
seriel
number and thats it!
:
Contact the manufacturer.
--
===========================
TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2006
===========================
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
"Need more help? http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=ph;en-us;6527
(Links to web pages and MSKB Articles are posted for the purposes of
keeping the
information current)
| Hi, ive got a Compac Presario 3.4+ CPU with 1GB RAM, windows XP Home
edition
| built in...hence no operating disc 64 Bit Pc with 200 GB HDD. There
is
6 GB
| Partition for operating system, has anyone any ideas how i can
format
| this..without the XP OS Disc? Thanks
John Barnett MVP said:It doesn't ask for an administrator password - not when you are
re-installing. If you have a recovery disk you should only need to reboot
the PC, quickly insert the CD into the CD-ROM wait for a few seconds and you
should see 'press any key to boot for CD/DVD' press any key and then a menu
should appear asking what you want to do. In your case (having a recovery
disc) you will simply have to re-install windows xp. Just rememeber, though,
that you will lose everything on your machine, so i hope you have backed up
any important doecument/files that you need before re-installing.
--
John Barnett MVP
Associate Expert
http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org
The information in this mail is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind,
either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy,
reliability or content of this mail. The Author shall not be liable for any
direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use
of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail..
tobyjug01 said:thankyou John, i have got a system recovery disk, but its asking for the
administrators password, would that be the serial number on my label
depicting my XP Disc? Any ideas?
John Barnett MVP said:If you have no operating disc how are you going to re-install Windows XP
when you format the hard drive? Once you have formatted the hard drive
you
have lost everything - hence Taurians suggestion to contact the
manufacturer's. You really do need the operating system recovery disc
before
proceeding any further.
Incidentally, have you checked your PC manual to see if it gives
instructions on how to create a recovery disc?
--
John Barnett MVP
Associate Expert
http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org
The information in this mail is supplied "as is". No warranty of any
kind,
either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy,
reliability or content of this mail. The Author shall not be liable for
any
direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the
use
of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail..
thanks for that but its a bit difficult on a sunday, its easy if you
have
an
operating disc but with it being pre-installed ive no idea, got the
seriel
number and thats it!
:
Contact the manufacturer.
--
===========================
TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2006
===========================
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
"Need more help? http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=ph;en-us;6527
(Links to web pages and MSKB Articles are posted for the purposes of
keeping the
information current)
| Hi, ive got a Compac Presario 3.4+ CPU with 1GB RAM, windows XP Home
edition
| built in...hence no operating disc 64 Bit Pc with 200 GB HDD. There
is
6 GB
| Partition for operating system, has anyone any ideas how i can
format
| this..without the XP OS Disc? Thanks