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Guns90
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« on: September 20, 2004, 11:35:11 AM »

Hi Guys.  Great forum. My daughter bought one those $1000 machines that are sold at Best Buy (I know, mistake #1) and has somehow lost a part of her operating system while removing/deleting programs. The computer will not boot up now.  She also has lost her XP Home Edition CD (Aren't kids great?).  If I make a system disk can I use my XP Pro cd to replace her missing files?  I'm not very good at this sort of thing, but I remember once getting into a Boot menu and running some DOS commands like Fixboot and/or fixmbr.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Raptor
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« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2004, 11:47:09 AM »

I think that will cause more problems. Windows XP Pro has some (system) functions that XP Home does not have.

Your daughter should phone Microsoft or the computer's manufacturer and ask for a replacement of her Windows XP Home CD.
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Guns90
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« Reply #2 on: September 20, 2004, 01:23:43 PM »

Hey, Raptor.  I told my daughter what you said, she called, and it's going to be replaced for $20.  That's probably going to cost her a lot less than what my idea would have cost.  Thanks.
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« Reply #3 on: September 20, 2004, 02:02:33 PM »

Guns90....when the replacement disc arrives ....do the repair and then you hang onto the disk.....LOL

dl65 ::)
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Raptor
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« Reply #4 on: September 21, 2004, 05:11:12 AM »

Create a back-up of her CD together with the information required to register and/or activate and store it somewhere safe.
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Guns90
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« Reply #5 on: September 21, 2004, 07:48:20 AM »

Will do (to both of you).  Thanks a lot guys.
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