Downloading System Disk dedmatt 12/30/2008 6:32:01 PM Hi everyone, I'm a Vista user, but i told my gf's sister I would help her figure out what's wrong with her laptop, which runs on XP home. She either didn't make or lost her system disks, and I need them to get her computer to start so I can play with it. I obviously can't make any on my computer, but I thought I could download what I needed. Is there somewhere I can do this?

Re: Downloading System Disk Bob I <birelan[ at ]yahoo.com> 12/30/2008 6:39:54 PM Contact the manufacturers tech support for replacements. dedmatt wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hi everyone, I'm a Vista user, but i told my gf's sister I would help her > figure out what's wrong with her laptop, which runs on XP home. She either > didn't make or lost her system disks, and I need them to get her computer to > start so I can play with it. I obviously can't make any on my computer, but > I thought I could download what I needed. Is there somewhere I can do this?

Re: Downloading System Disk "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP[ at ]gmail.com> 12/30/2008 6:54:41 PM No. dedmatt wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hi everyone, I'm a Vista user, but i told my gf's sister I would help her > figure out what's wrong with her laptop, which runs on XP home. She > either > didn't make or lost her system disks, and I need them to get her computer > to > start so I can play with it. I obviously can't make any on my computer, > but > I thought I could download what I needed. Is there somewhere I can do > this?

Re: Downloading System Disk _db_´¯`·.._><)))º>`_.._. 12/30/2008 7:26:28 PM most laptops have the system preinstalled and the makers provide restore disks that can return the machine back to its factory state. unfortunately the above method wipes away the old data. perhaps your gf's sister's girl friends have a win xp cd you can borrow. -- db·´¯`·...¸><)))º> "dedmatt" <dedmatt[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B7DFEF10-47A4-4451-A13B-06708CCB86B2[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Hi everyone, I'm a Vista > user, but i told my gf's > sister I would help her > figure out what's wrong with > her laptop, which runs on XP > home. She either > didn't make or lost her > system disks, and I need > them to get her computer to > start so I can play with it. > I obviously can't make any > on my computer, but > I thought I could download > what I needed. Is there > somewhere I can do this?

Re: Downloading System Disk "Randem" <newsgroups[ at ]randem.com> 12/30/2008 7:38:53 PM Some of the laptops recovery partition will actually save old profile information when doing the restore. Check with the manufacturer. -- Randem Systems Your Installation Specialist The Top Inno Setup Script Generator http://www.randem.com/innoscript.html http://www.randem.com/installerproblems.html http://www.randem.com/vistainstalls.html http://www.financialtrainingservices.org " db ´¯`·.. ><)))º>` .. ." <databaseben at hotmail dot com> wrote in message news:08315F49-9D19-4E1E-901A-E91E645231C9[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > most laptops have the > system preinstalled and > the makers provide restore > disks that can return the > machine back to its factory > state. > > unfortunately the above > method wipes away the > old data. > > perhaps your gf's sister's > girl friends have a win > xp cd you can borrow. > -- > > db·´¯`·...¸><)))º> > > > "dedmatt" <dedmatt[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:B7DFEF10-47A4-4451-A13B-06708CCB86B2[ at ]microsoft.com... >> Hi everyone, I'm a Vista user, but i told my gf's sister I would help her >> figure out what's wrong with her laptop, which runs on XP home. She >> either >> didn't make or lost her system disks, and I need them to get her computer >> to >> start so I can play with it. I obviously can't make any on my computer, >> but >> I thought I could download what I needed. Is there somewhere I can do >> this? >