Borrowing someone else's XP disc - some questions

Don't all gasp at the one time.

I have a legitimate preinstalled copy of Windows XP on my computer. Recently
the machine ran out of hard disk space when I was downloading stuff
overnight. It then wiped all my Restore points and did funny things to the
machine.

I wrote in here a couple of weeks ago for advice on how to fix this. It was
suggested I get a hold of an XP disk from the manufacturer (the disk I have
is simply one that will wipe and reset everything) and install XP again over
my installation.

A friend has an XP disk. Can I use his for this purpose and input my own
serial number when (and I assume it will) the installation asks for my code?

Any replies welcome.

Thanks

Gary Glencross

"Gary Glencross" <> wrote in
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> A friend has an XP disk. Can I use his for this purpose and input my
> own serial number when (and I assume it will) the installation asks
> for my code?
>

In theory, yes.

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Gary Glencross wrote:
>
> I have a legitimate preinstalled copy of Windows XP on my computer. Recently
> the machine ran out of hard disk space when I was downloading stuff
> overnight. It then wiped all my Restore points and did funny things to the
> machine.
>
> I wrote in here a couple of weeks ago for advice on how to fix this. It was

Hopefully the suggesstion was to get a hard disk of the size suitable
for the OS you want to run. That's the real fix.


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Yes, as long as it's the same version. Plato voiced some concerns about disc
capacity, I suggest you listen to whatever advice he offered you about this
issue.

"Gary Glencross" <> wrote in message
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> Don't all gasp at the one time.
>
> I have a legitimate preinstalled copy of Windows XP on my computer.
Recently
> the machine ran out of hard disk space when I was downloading stuff
> overnight. It then wiped all my Restore points and did funny things to the
> machine.
>
> I wrote in here a couple of weeks ago for advice on how to fix this. It
was
> suggested I get a hold of an XP disk from the manufacturer (the disk I
have
> is simply one that will wipe and reset everything) and install XP again
over
> my installation.
>
> A friend has an XP disk. Can I use his for this purpose and input my own
> serial number when (and I assume it will) the installation asks for my
code?
>
> Any replies welcome.
>
> Thanks
>
>

It used to be (and may still be) an issue of acquiring a disk for the same
license TYPE (OEM or retail box) as your product key is for.

George

"Michael-NC" <> wrote in message
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> Yes, as long as it's the same version. Plato voiced some concerns about
disc
> capacity, I suggest you listen to whatever advice he offered you about
this
> issue.
>