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haynesycop Posts: > 500

hey everyone i want to reformatt my hard drive.

only thing is i have a tiny pc and it never came with a reclaim disc so i havent got any backup of windows xp home.

does anyone know were i can get windows xp pro/home very cheap or even free - any kind people out there

i dont have the money to go out and buy it

any ideas

also any good forums/advice on how to do it, this will be my first time and im a bit nervous

thanks in advance
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Posted: 2004-06-02 09:24:21
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batesie Posts: > 500

Give tiny a call. all new pc's should come with recovery disc... why do you need to reformatt? This message was posted from a P900
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Posted: 2004-06-02 09:36:12
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masseur Posts: > 500

agreed. as crap as Tiny are they still must provide you with an official licenced copy of windows XP with the holograph stick and a key for it

I love Sony for this as they provide both the original Microsoft disc but also a full product recovery to restore the pc to the state it was in when first bought. My kids mess their laptops up with so much rubbish, spyware, and other stuff its easy for me to just do the product recovery and it only takes 20 mins or so!
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Posted: 2004-06-02 09:41:26
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haynesycop Posts: > 500

i didnt actually get the pc my grandad bought it for me

i went back to computerworld yesterday and they said my grandad had the chance to pay an extra £20 or something at the time he bought the pc to get a reclaim disc

when i asked him he said they told him no such thing

the bloke in the shop said to get a copy of xp pro from someone and use that but i dont know anyone who has got it

has anyone else had the same trouble, did you get a result

i need to reformatt it as my pc is full of crap

does anyone know tinys email

i cant believe they dont even suppy a disc, if id have had a choice i would never have bought from them

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Posted: 2004-06-02 09:51:58
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batesie Posts: > 500

lesson here is... dont let your grandad buy a pc! seriously go back and tell them you werent offered or given the disc at time of purchase. This message was posted from a P900
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Posted: 2004-06-02 10:01:18
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haynesycop Posts: > 500

@batesie i will buy me own next time

i aint had any problems with the pc thats fine, i just cannot belive they dont provide a disc

suppose i could do, but i dont think they will listen

im getting kind of desperate

[ This Message was edited by: masseur on 2004-06-02 09:11 ]
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Posted: 2004-06-02 10:04:52
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masseur Posts: > 500

AFAIK they MUST either supply a disc or provide a way of making the disc from folders stored on the hard drive. my guess is that the 20 pounds was prob just the cost of providing a CDrom set to you.

take a look around the hard drive and see what you can find.

Windows 98/ME often had everything required to install windows in the C:\windows\options\cabs folders and you simply ran the SETUP.EXE that was there.

I believe XP has it in c:\windows\i386 but I have never had to do a reinstall on XP so am not sure how to use the files there

just a favour, don't be asking for a free copy (or to borrow a copy) of xp here because of course thats not allowed

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Posted: 2004-06-02 10:05:04
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batesie Posts: > 500

how old is your tiny? dont forget, your the customer. go in there and if your not getting anywhere, go to the manager, then his boss etc.... This message was posted from a P900
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Posted: 2004-06-02 10:09:40
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haynesycop Posts: > 500

ok so i went to c:\windows\i386

and there is loads of stuff, i dont know whats what in there

theres ASMS, COMPDATA, DRW, LANG AND SYSTEM32 FOLDERS PLUS LOADS OF CU_FILES

does anyone else have a tiny pc and has managed to restore xp from

c:\windows\i386 or any other way

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Posted: 2004-06-02 10:12:31
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haynesycop Posts: > 500

@batesie

its around 18months old

i only need to reformatt it as its getting a bit slow and clogged up

i will go back this morning and try to sort it out

keep your fingers crossed

if anybody else has a tiny pc and has had the same problem please let me know if you sorted it out and got a reclaim disc, cos i could use that against them

cheers
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Posted: 2004-06-02 10:16:50
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