From: bashley101@gmail.com   
      
   relic wrote:   
      
   > The Real Bev wrote:   
   >> relic wrote:   
   >>> geercom@windstream.net wrote:   
   >>>> On Dec 24, 12:32 pm, "Auric__"  wrote:   
   >>>>> On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:49:49 GMT, geer...@windstream.net wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> I have the above system (subject line) and Service Pack 3   
   >>>>>> installed. I have the product recovery CDs (four of them, 1-4)   
   >>>>>> labeled P/N 01R6473. I can't seem to figure out how to simply   
   >>>>>> rerun Windows setup to refresh the Windows install.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> I want to do this without disturbing Service Pack 3, current   
   >>>>>> software, settings. What is the simplest way to do this with this   
   >>>>>> setup?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> What *exactly* do you mean by "refresh the Windows install"? More   
   >>>>> to the point, what is the computer doing that makes you think you   
   >>>>> need to "refresh the Windows install"?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> It's an old trick to simply rerun Windows setup without wiping the   
   >>>> drive, etc. It reinstalls just windows without hurting or ttouching   
   >>>> any of your other programs or touching any of your critical   
   >>>> updates. I have done it many a time, but it has been a while and I   
   >>>> am looking for some help to do this. It's not a difficult or   
   >>>> complicated thing, I just don't recall how, particularly since this   
   >>>> computer is not one that comes with just an OEM XP CD, but rather a   
   >>>> recovery CD. To my understanding, you can't just use simply any old   
   >>>> XP Pro CD. The system closes out programs at random and is running more   
   >>>> slowly. I do the regular maintenance and cleanup through the System   
   >>>> Tools. I believe that rerunning setup would be the quickest way to   
   >>>> fix any potentially corrupted Windows system files (much quicker   
   >>>> and easier than using SFC).   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Thx for any assistance.   
   >>>   
   >>> All the "Recovery CD" sets I've seen start out doing a Format of the   
   >>> HDD, and restore everything back to the way it was the day it left   
   >>> the factory. Anything you have done since you bought the PC is gone   
   >>> forever. What you want is either a "Repair" installation, or a   
   >>> "Reinstallation." Either requires an XP CD, not any form of Recovery   
   >>> CDs. You can use someone elses to do it (using your 'Key' from the   
   >>> silver sticker attached to the bottom of your laptop), but it must   
   >>> match what you have installed: OEM Home, OEM Pro, or OEM Multimedia   
   >>> version. (A Retail version won't work.) You may also download a version   
   >>> from p2p or Bit Torrent that matches   
   >>> and use your key.   
   >>   
   >> What about the separate repair or recovery or equivalent partition   
   >> that came on an HP XP desktop?  No CD at all.  I did an occasional   
   >> repair-from-CD with 98 and 2000 with no bad results, but I haven't   
   >> had a problem with the XP machine...yet...   
   >   
   > HP's recovery partition restores back to how it left the factory. Some HP's   
   > came with a real XP CD as well as the 'Restore' capability... not many tho.   
      
   That's bad news.  I guess the best I could do is use cabview to find the   
   offending file and copy it over -- not likely to be a pleasurable or   
   productive activity even assuming it can be done.   
      
   Just copying over the original files without, in effect, formatting and   
   reinstalling everything would seem to be a basic universally-desired   
   function.  Guess Gate$ didn't think so.   
      
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