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Posted by Tom Brown on May 12, 2008, 3:23 am
Please log in for more thread options Thanks Doug. I didn't try that and I am not sure how to access it. But, I'll
fiddle around with it and try to find the trick.
Tom
> Did you try the factory supplied recovery partition? Use that to put the
> machine back to its out of box state.
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>>A friend of mine has a Dell laptop with some problems and he has asked me
>>to reinstall his O/S. He does not have the original install CDs (doesn't
>>think he ever had them) but we have another friend who has a 2 disk XP/MCE
>>set. I tried to do a fresh install using the Product Key on the bottom of
>>the computer. But, it tells me that the Key is invalid. I have used this
>>method in the past on XP (borrowed install disks, legal Product Key for
>>this computer from the MS sticker on the computer itself).
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>> Any suggestions will be appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Tom
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>>
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