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bwatson283

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Doesnt windows install from the I386 folder on the cd's? Dell didnt give me a windows cd, but they have the i386 saved to my hd. Couldnt i just burn that to a bootable dvd and run the install?
 
Doesn't Dell have a number you can call with install questions? Someone will respond here at some point, but in the meantime I would try calling Dell while you're waiting.

Good luck.
 
I've never used those reinstall partitions. I have a copy of XP Home oem that I got for a computer I built myself and do all of my reinstalls with that using the key that's on the machine I'm working with.
 
yep, sure do

I had this same problem on my HP nw8440 laptop that i got from my school.
My school put their own image on the HD & they did away with the "diskless retore" feature that normally had a partition on the HD.

I wanted to hose my school's image & install XP on my own. So i downloaded a OEM XP Pro cd, installed using my CD key that came with my laptop & all is well 🙂
 
Originally posted by: nweaver
no, because that cd won't be bootable

look for a hidden restore partition
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You can burn it to a dvd and make it bootable. Just wondering if it possible without the "offical oem dvd"
 
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