I try to explain my problem very quickly:
Previously, my HDD (140GB) had 2 partitions:
- FIRS PARTITION - Windows Server 2008 (100GB)
- SECOND PARTITION - Windows XP (40GB)

I have new hard drive, I use diskmgmt to to an "Initialize" and then I do a
partition to use the drive.  I now have to do this a lot and want to script
it to do this.
I am using diskpart to do what diskmgmt GUI does but they don't map well.

I'm trying to restore an old Tiny PC to factory condition. Tiny is long
defunct, so I can't get technical support. The PC has a valid XP Home
license, but no media or apparent recovery partition. I have other OEM copies
of XP Home.

I'm using sysprep -reseal -mini in XP SP3 to prepare a master PC image.  When
I reboot after running sysprep, some of my settings have been changed.  For
example: after sysprep, there is a Windows Media Player icon on the local
admin desktop.

The system builder of my computer worked on it in his spare time.  He did not
enter the product key when he installed Windows XP Home Ver.2002.  All is
working and activated.  How do I enter the product key at this point?  (I
tried following steps to "activation".  When get there ...

Everytime After I reboot/restart my DELL Latitude E6400 Windows XP SP3 Laptop
and login either local administrator or a user I get the following popup
message.
One of the files containing the System's registry data had to be recovered

Windows XP can be installed from the hard drive much like Windows 98 could. This is useful in certain circumstances, such as OEM distribution.
Preparation
To start, you will need a Windows XP CD, and the hard drive pulled that you want to install from and onto. The hard drive ...

I've got acer 4630 laptop and I was trying to install win xp on that.
but when I entered the product key it says "the product key is not
valid". but everyn's fine. i hv open licence of win xp I installed
that same in to acer 5220. it worked. Does anyone no the reason? pls

I dual-booted my Gateway laptop successfully, loading XP on one partition
and Vista on the other. When I bought the laptop it came with XP and a mail
in coupon for Vista - so both operating systems are specifically made for
this machine.

As mentioned in a separate post, I am building a new Windows XP image for
deployment to our users, and I have my sysprep folder setup as it should be
on the reference PC. My question is regarding the drivers folder. In our
previous images we have always had the drivers folder ...

About 5 years ago, I completely reformatted my harddrive and partitioned the
drives.  C drive holds the operating system and is 10Gb.  D drive holds my
program files and is 10Gb.  E and F drives just hold ordinary user files and
have lots of free space.  C drive has only 100Mb of ...

Here's my basic problem; I work at a day care centre for the elderly as basic
IT support, and recently an elderly client brought a computer in for repair.
The current WinXP install will only start on the failing hardware, but when
attached to more modern boards it won't start as ...

I have Dell laptop where the fan has died, and Dell does not have any
replacement fans available.  The laptop shipped with XP Pro (no service
packs) but it's currently upgraded to sp3.  I'm hoping to move the OS and
all data to a virtual machine (Virtual PC 2007).

I am currently trying to setup a dual boot arrangement for XP/Vista (and in
the future XP/Windows 7) and am having problems. I have partition my HDD as
the following: 20GB for XP (for gaming backward compatibility) and the rest
for Vista (Work). I have install XP via the XP ...

I want to format my pc & I have original winxp cd came with my HP comp.
My question is can I reinstall winxp with the same license in the same
machine?
Thanks