Formatting C with Recovery disk only

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The problem is I bought an Emachine T1842, it came with Windows XP Home installed, and the store didn't provide a copy of the OS. They did provide a recovery disk, actually a set of 2 disks. Will these work, if I format drive C: can I reinstall Windows XP home edition from these disks? My guess is no. AM I going to have to buy Windows XP before I can format? Anyone? Thanks...
 
On page 5-1 of your eMachine User Guide, it explains that restoring
Windows XP involves reformatting the hard drive. The eMachine
Restore CDs does the reformatting for you before reinstalling XP.
In other words, do not manually reformat your drive..... allow the Restore
CD to do its job. Please read your eMachine User Guide for details.

If you misplaced your eMachine User Guide, you can download another.

Visit: http://www.e4me.com/support/user_guide.html?cat=desktop&prod=T1842

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| The problem is I bought an Emachine T1842, it came with Windows XP Home installed, and the store didn't
provide a copy of the OS. They did provide a recovery disk, actually a set of 2 disks. Will these work, if I
format drive C: can I reinstall Windows XP home edition from these disks? My guess is no. AM I going to have
to buy Windows XP before I can format? Anyone? Thanks...
 
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