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Title: XP Oem Version
Post by: Fireman Sam on January 08, 2007, 10:21:52 AM

Hi Folks

Does anyone know where I can purchase XP Oem for a reasonable price.  My usual supplier has been taken over and the price has jumped form ?55 to ?75!!!

Cheers

Colin

Title: Re: XP Oem Version
Post by: Stephen on January 08, 2007, 11:42:03 AM

For just the disk?

Title: Re: XP Oem Version
Post by: Fireman Sam on January 08, 2007, 01:05:02 PM

Hi Stephen

Disk and licence!!  I always put a legal copy on machines!!

Cheers

Colin

Title: Re: XP Oem Version
Post by: Fireman Sam on January 17, 2007, 11:36:24 AM

Hi

Ended up just ordering off Amazon.  ?65 for Xp and ?20 for Norton Internet Security 2007.   

I will be busy today!!!  will I take the phone of the hook??
hehe

Cheers

Colin

Title: Re: XP Oem Version
Post by: Gerard on January 22, 2007, 03:45:41 PM

sorry to hi jack the topic but i fought it would be usless starting a new one  8)  im looking for both  xp home and professional sp2 disks if any one can get me a copy of each

mine has went walkies  only disks i have at the min is the recovery type disks that you get with laptops and the dells

i have licences on the machines , but just need a "back up" copy for the likes of the recovery console etc and system restores .. have a laptop here with a currupt registry and i dont want the hassle of formatting etc  cheers

Title: Re: XP Oem Version
Post by: Stephen on January 23, 2007, 09:51:36 AM

Try this procedure http://www.articlesbase.com/software-articles/how-to-make-a-windows-xp-boot-disk-87173.html
to make a boot floppy, I havent tried it but you could on a working machine and use it on the non starter.

Check out this page http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm  and scroll down to the section entitled "Possible Fix by reconfiguring boot.ini using Recovery Console".

I cant find the page I used to use which would tell you which files to delete before running the bootcfg so windows would regenerate it's boot files but I will look around again when I get time - I might have saved it in favourites on my home machine.

Title: Re: XP Oem Version
Post by: Stephen on January 24, 2007, 12:07:28 PM

This site I have found excellent for hints and tips on repairing XP installations. http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm#How%20to%20Repair%20Windows%20XP%20by%20Installing%20Over%20top%20of%20Existing%20Setup

Title: Re: XP Oem Version
Post by: Fireman Sam on January 26, 2007, 11:46:14 AM

Hi

Guess what.

I tried the DELL XP CD.  It installs, formats and repairs just like a normal XP CD!!! I expected it to come up and say this is not a Dell computer.  Then you can activate it by phone with the Key number on your machine!!

I also know you can use other numbers, but won't post on here???

Cheers

Colin

Title: Re: XP Oem Version
Post by: Si on January 26, 2007, 01:18:53 PM

lol I'm sorry - I thought everyone else knew this or I would have said  ::)

As long as you have an authentic key ( I wonder where you could get one of those...) the Dell CDs work on any machine.

nice to know eh?