Can't you just copy your original CD? I did that with mine (full retail
version), then installed from the copy & put the original in my bank box.
You are supposed to be entitled to "fair use" of media which includes a
backup copy.
Anyway, I THINK you can install from ANY (same OS) CD and then use your own
codes to activate it. Unless I am mistaken, I think what you are paying for
is the activation codes / product keys, rather than the install media
itself.
--AnnaSummers
----- Original Message -----
From: [log in to unmask]
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 7:32 PM
Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] Slow Computer
HI Ray
Well, I was only thinking if I had scratched or misplaced this CD for XP...
I would need this. But I tried to make a copy of my XP and it wouldn't let
me. I don't know if it's cause something is wrong with my drive, or MS
fixed
it where you couldn't copy them. I know in previous ones, I have been able
to copy -- that way I had a spare.
But thanks for the info. I appreciate it. Harriet
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Read the directions at the link I sent you in the last post. You need to
copy the folder onto your hard drive not onto a CD.
When you say you got your original CD out, is it a Windows XP install
CD? If so, I don't understand why you needed to create a new one.
Later, Ray Parrish
[log in to unmask] wrote:
> Hi There ---
> Although I did not need to have a bootable disk since I have the
> original
> XP, I thought I would copy that folder like you said. But I couldn't
find it
> any where... no matter where I looked - even in Search. So I got my
Original
> CD out and it was on that CD, yet it never showed up any where in this
> computer. I copied that 1386 folder, thinking I could make a copy --
stuck a blank
> CD in there, and MS wouldn't let me copy the folder. Is there any other
way
> I can make a copy of it since it's not in this computer but only on that
CD.
> Harriet
> Hello,
> If you have the i386 folder on your hard drive you can create a new
> bootable install CD for Windows XP. Just follow the directions here:
> http://www.howtohaven.com/system/createwindowssetupdisk.shtml
> On his page he states that the i386 folder must be in the root of your C
> drive, but on my system I found it in the Windows folder so that may be
> where yours is too.
> I hope this helps you out.
> Later, Ray Parrish
> Peter Ekkerman wrote:
>> : .....but unfortunately I do not have an XP install disk because I
>> bought my computer second hand."
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