can i???

jillig · 11-13-2008, 03:55 PM

i have a set of recovery discs for my compaq presario desktop...i have recently acquired a dell latitude cpx, c family, laptop which isn't working too well. can i run the compaq recovery discs on the laptop without totally f-ing it up???

**TriggerFinger** · 11-13-2008, 06:59 PM

I believe the CPX has its own recovery CD. The right and legal way (as most recovery CDs I know have operating systems in them) is to use the CPX recovery CD for your laptop.

jillig · 11-13-2008, 07:18 PM

of course i don't want to do anything illegal...i didn't really consider that. the thing is, i just spent 100.00 buyer the adapter to turn the lap top on and i had previously spent 60.00 purchasing the discs for my desktop. i am a disabled mother of 3 young kids, so money is rather limited, so i was looking for the cheapest, most effective way to get this laptop up and running. thanks for your advise!

**TriggerFinger** · 11-14-2008, 07:10 AM

I recommend that you talk to DELL about CPX recovery CDs. Try eBay as they might be for sale there for cheap. I know IBM recovery CDs for Thinkpads are for sale there for like $30 or less... so I think the DELL ones would cost you around the same.

To answer your question previously.... I really doubt if it would work because recovery CDs are tailored for the specific model they are for... but then again I may be wrong.

11-13-2008, 03:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
jillig Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 2 OS: winXPHome Service Pack 2	can i??? i have a set of recovery discs for my compaq presario desktop...i have recently acquired a dell latitude cpx, c family, laptop which isn't working too well. can i run the compaq recovery discs on the laptop without totally f-ing it up???

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TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,853 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: can i??? I believe the CPX has its own recovery CD. The right and legal way (as most recovery CDs I know have operating systems in them) is to use the CPX recovery CD for your laptop. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE

11-13-2008, 07:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
jillig Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 2 OS: winXPHome Service Pack 2	Re: can i??? of course i don't want to do anything illegal...i didn't really consider that. the thing is, i just spent 100.00 buyer the adapter to turn the lap top on and i had previously spent 60.00 purchasing the discs for my desktop. i am a disabled mother of 3 young kids, so money is rather limited, so i was looking for the cheapest, most effective way to get this laptop up and running. thanks for your advise!

11-14-2008, 07:10 AM	#4 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,853 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: can i??? I recommend that you talk to DELL about CPX recovery CDs. Try eBay as they might be for sale there for cheap. I know IBM recovery CDs for Thinkpads are for sale there for like $30 or less... so I think the DELL ones would cost you around the same. To answer your question previously.... I really doubt if it would work because recovery CDs are tailored for the specific model they are for... but then again I may be wrong. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE