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Smudgey - 31 Dec 2003 16:17 GMT

HP doesn't send a recovery disk with their PCs. I need
to do a recovery because my machine boots to an
unreadable error message and then reboots. It continues
in this loop ad infinitum. HP instructed me on how to do
a recovery if I can find a cd. I have a cd for XP Pro
and am covered under the enterprise licensing agreement
at work.
Question: can I do a recovery of Home edition using a
Pro edition CD?

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Carey Frisch [MVP] - 31 Dec 2003 17:01 GMT

You can't use an XP Pro CD to repair a XP Home installation.
You need to go out and purchase a "Full Version" of XP Home
in order to perform repairs.

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

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| HP doesn't send a recovery disk with their PCs. I need
| to do a recovery because my machine boots to an
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| Question: can I do a recovery of Home edition using a
| Pro edition CD?

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