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Hi,

My father purchased a Packard Bell from PC world and has been told the
install discs to recover will cost £35 even though the OS was installed when
purchased no discs were supplied. Now to rebuild theres a cost, if the pc
hardware changes in the future theres a cost. What genuine windows xp home
licensing options are avaliable to my father with the licensed software he
has installed to break the ties with a company that charges it customers £10
to replace a driver.

The questions are can an OEM be installed or full license, there is a
considerable price difference.

Regards, Neil
 
nenwmn said:
Hi,

My father purchased a Packard Bell from PC world and has been told the
install discs to recover will cost £35 even though the OS was installed
when
purchased no discs were supplied. Now to rebuild theres a cost, if the pc
hardware changes in the future theres a cost. What genuine windows xp home
licensing options are avaliable to my father with the licensed software he
has installed to break the ties with a company that charges it customers
£10
to replace a driver.

The questions are can an OEM be installed or full license, there is a
considerable price difference.

Regards, Neil
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There should be a partition on the hard drive that contains the operating
system. It could be hidden. Go to,
http://support.packardbell.com/uk/item/index.php?m=step2&i=menu_desktop
find the model he has and download the Recovery Boot Disk creator. That disk
should help you reinstall the operating system.
 
Hi,

What you have said I believe is the process but the partition is not there
my father trying to install by discs he purchased from Packard Bell asks for
a code he inputs this as it was requested prior to the order nothing starts,
all the data is on usb drive fortunately. Backup image and OS on the same
hard drive seems crazy if the drive fails youve lost the Running OS and image.

He has been told to call techguys at an extorunate telephone rate and as a
pensioner cannot afford this the service provided PC World and Packard Bell
seems more like a racket rather than a business.

Regards, Neil
 
Hi Neil,

I think the programs your father installed had CDs or DVDs. If that is
the case, and you have a Windows Previous operating system CD, he can buy a
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 Upgrade CD at a store. Then what you
can do, is buy your Father a new Computer Case, a New Motherboard, which
comes with drivers and install. Steal the Hardware Hard Drives from the
Packard Case. Do, also install a new Hard Drive and slave the old Hard
Drive.

Unless he is working with Graphics or Recording TV Shows, keep the
partition size to under 40 GB in size. Too large a partition for the
operating system, slows up Windows Disk Cleanup.
 
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