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Is there a way to make a new cd off my computer of windows xp? I dont have
mine and I need to clean my system its running really slow
 
Kc_cole said:
Is there a way to make a new cd off my computer of windows xp? I dont have
mine and I need to clean my system its running really slow
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No. The only chance you would have of creating the installation files
needed for a clean install of XP would be if all of the I386 folder was on
the hard drive currently. Those files can be used to install XP onto a
currently booted system (you would also need a method to boot the computer.

If this is a major manufacturer's computer contact them to see if their OEM
disk for the computer is still available if an OEM version is currently
installed. If this is a retail version installed and you have the correct
installation key you can get a disk and copy it from a friend or even
purchase a copied disk on eBay. Just ensure that what you are getting is
exactly what the license key is for (retail Home, retail Pro, etc.) The
important thing is the license, not the physical disk.

As for the really slow part, most computers can be cleaned to speed them up
to an installed as new state. Google for cleaning out malware and speeding
up computers. Stay away from registry cleaners unless you really know what
you are doing as they can totally corrupt the computer and then would really
cause a rebuild situation.
 
No. What happened with the original CD or did you not get one when you purchased
your computer.

Which is the case as per above. Can you let us know
 
Is there a way to make a new cd off my computer of windows xp? I dont have
mine and I need to clean my system its running really slow
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Maybe - there is such a rumor if you bought your system with XP
already installed and I list it below so you can read and see if it
applies to you.

You can certainly borrow and make a copy of someone else's bootable XP
installation CD. There is nothing unethical about that. If you have
a store bought system, they generally don't ship with XP installation
media (too bad).

It would be a good thing to acquire though, but even then it could be
having an older XP Service Pack, that what you have installed - which
is also not to hard to remedy once you get your own bootable XP
installation CD.

If none of that is likely to happen soon, you can probably diagnose
and resolve the unspecified issues you have. "My system is slow" is
not a new problem around here.

If you want to work on resolving your slowness issue these things
first:

Download, install, update and do a full scan with these free malware
detection programs:

Malwarebytes (MBAM): http://malwarebytes.org/
SUPERAntiSpyware: (SAS): http://www.superantispyware.com/

These can be uninstalled later if desired.

Please provide additional information about your system.

Click Start, Run and in the box enter:

msinfo32

Click OK, and when the System Summary info appears, click Edit, Select
All, Copy and then paste
the information back here.

There will be some personal information (like System Name and User
Name), and whatever appears to
be private information to you, just delete it from the pasted
information.

This will minimize back and forth Q&A and eliminate guesswork.



Here is one method that might fit your circumstances.

Create a bootable XP CD from a pre installed OEM OS system that has an
i386 folder.

The will allow you to slip stream SP3 into a copy of the current i386
folder.

http://www.howtohaven.com/system/createwindowssetupdisk.shtml

Some say it is not possible:

http://www.askdavetaylor.com/can_i_create_my_own_windows_xp_installation_cd..html
 
As for the really slow part, most computers can be cleaned to speed them up
to an installed as new state.
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Now pigs will fly because no one has managed to clean the computers to
"speed them up to an installed as new state"

another nutter with false positives!!!
 
there are many reasons why
a computer will run slow.

most of the time the bottle
necks can be reversed and
the system will begin to perform
better.

the first method to test if
the system cores files are
intact or corrupted is to test
your computer in safe mode.



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20100204 said:
Now pigs will fly because no one has managed to clean the computers to
"speed them up to an installed as new state"

another nutter with false positives!!!
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Seems like I covered all the possibilities for restoring the system even if
I didn't tell the OP exactly how to do it as I did mention the I386 folder
and a boot method. I knew about the link you posted but didn't have it
handy to give. Thanks for posting that.

As for cleaning, malware removal if any is present, may speed up a computer.
Trying to steer someone away from registry cleaners, which normally don't
help but can really hurt a system's performance, is always a smart thing to
do if they are not familiar with the pitfalls of using those programs with
their bloated promises. There are many causes of computer slowdown and if
the OP searches for the pertinent information MOST computers can be returned
very close to an "as shipped" speed. Pigs don't fly and I have stated
nothing that would be a "false positive!"
 
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Is there a way to make a new cd off my computer of windows
xp? I dont have mine and I need to clean my system its
running really slow
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It may be possible but it would be a nightmare. Not to mention
the manufacturers add a lot of nifty extras like free AOL and
iTunes trials etc which you probably don't want to see/remove
*again*.

DL a warez group, torrent or file share site clean OEM version
of XP SP3. There are dozens if not hundreds out there. Since you
already paid for the version you own, IMO you won't be breaking
any laws.

In spite of the lore, most of those sources do NOT provide files
full of viruses or Trojans, but you should always scan ANYTHING
you DL onto your machine.

You might want to Google for "how to clean up and speed up my XP
machine" (or something to that effect) since the problems you
are experiencing are almost certainly due to sloppy housekeeping
rather than the XP "going bad". It was bad from the start as all
MS OS's are - you have to do a fair bit of tweaking to get them
to run right, and then do regular maintenance, or it all goes to
hell sooner or later. Look into partitioning your HD. Keep ONLY
the OS and programs on C.
 
As far as partitioning is concerned, another thing
worth doing is to
move your My Documents folder
directory

to another partition than C:
where your Windows installation is. That way if you ever
are forced to reformat C: and do fresh install of Windows
and your programs you don't lose all the contents of your
My Documents folder
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directory

.. I still have various email receipts
going back to the early 2,000's and have migrated it from
drive to drive over the years. If it is not that big, you
can back it up every so often for insurance.
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Amen. Although I try to NOT have the stupid "My Documents"
directory /at all/, but a few idiotic programs make it nearly
impossible - even though I do not use ANY MS software except the
OS. (The OS causes enough suffering, thank you.)

Batch file to move stuff and delete the offensive "My Documents"
directory after each session might work but I haven't bothered
to try it in XP since my intercourse with it will hopefully be
very short-lived. When I feel I am about to lose it, I reboot
into my Win98SE Lite partition for a breath of relative sanity.
 
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