recovery cd problem?

aoneeyedcobra · 08-14-2007, 07:20 PM

Hi all I just want to say that you guys on this forum are great first of all. I try and do my own research before I post a thread but Im not having much luck w/ a definitive answer on this one. I recently upgraded my ibm thinkpad and am currently awaiting my new 1gb ram and a recovery cd from ibm to reinstall winxp as I had been running win2k pro. Now heres the rub ...The thinkpad originally came w/ winxp installed and I have the COA sticker and product key on the back Im not sure why my brother installed win2k pro on the new hd but he did and thats what I have been using so am I going to have a problem when I use the winxp recovery cd to reinstall xp onto this hd? Thanks for any input

**Doonz** · 08-14-2007, 08:00 PM

not sure what you getting at... the recovery CD is going to do exactly that...install a clean version of XP as IBM intended....all data will be wipped out and the laptop will be day one new... minus any firmware updates you have done

aoneeyedcobra · 08-14-2007, 08:07 PM

So a "recovery" cd is basically just another OS cd that will be matched to my computers specific keycode. Ok great I wasnt sure if "recovery" was some kind of system patch.

**Doby** · 08-14-2007, 08:08 PM

Nope you should not have any problem, but it will wipe out all your existing data

**Doonz** · 08-16-2007, 07:14 AM

made to your sytem in device drivers as well... which is a good thing... but as stated before ... I wil lbring you PC back to day 1 condition ... It will keep any bios flashes you have done... Its a good thing to have... If you can get your hands on a XP SPK2 CD there is a repair option that will fix the OS not touch the data... then all you have to do is the updates from the time of the CD to today

08-14-2007, 07:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
aoneeyedcobra Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 8 OS: win2k pro	recovery cd problem? Hi all I just want to say that you guys on this forum are great first of all. I try and do my own research before I post a thread but Im not having much luck w/ a definitive answer on this one. I recently upgraded my ibm thinkpad and am currently awaiting my new 1gb ram and a recovery cd from ibm to reinstall winxp as I had been running win2k pro. Now heres the rub ...The thinkpad originally came w/ winxp installed and I have the COA sticker and product key on the back Im not sure why my brother installed win2k pro on the new hd but he did and thats what I have been using so am I going to have a problem when I use the winxp recovery cd to reinstall xp onto this hd? Thanks for any input

08-14-2007, 08:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
Doonz S.W.A.T Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Long Island Posts: 1,481 OS: WinXP, Vista, MAC 10.x	Re: recovery cd problem? not sure what you getting at... the recovery CD is going to do exactly that...install a clean version of XP as IBM intended....all data will be wipped out and the laptop will be day one new... minus any firmware updates you have done __________________ Simple Wise-A%$ Techie

08-14-2007, 08:07 PM	#3 (permalink)
aoneeyedcobra Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 8 OS: win2k pro	Re: recovery cd problem? So a "recovery" cd is basically just another OS cd that will be matched to my computers specific keycode. Ok great I wasnt sure if "recovery" was some kind of system patch.

08-14-2007, 08:08 PM	#4 (permalink)
Doby Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Central PA (USA) Posts: 8,112 OS: XP sp2/ Vista My System	Re: recovery cd problem? Nope you should not have any problem, but it will wipe out all your existing data __________________ Would you like to help TSF fight cancer and other diseases??? JOIN TEAM TSF

08-16-2007, 07:14 AM	#5 (permalink)
Doonz S.W.A.T Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Long Island Posts: 1,481 OS: WinXP, Vista, MAC 10.x	Re: recovery cd problem? made to your sytem in device drivers as well... which is a good thing... but as stated before ... I wil lbring you PC back to day 1 condition ... It will keep any bios flashes you have done... Its a good thing to have... If you can get your hands on a XP SPK2 CD there is a repair option that will fix the OS not touch the data... then all you have to do is the updates from the time of the CD to today __________________ Simple Wise-A%$ Techie