Ok, I'm a newbie, so I just need some clarification on something very basic. I have an HP Pavillion a520n with Win XP. When I first got this PC I made a recovery dvd as recommended. The utility only allowed one copy to be made per computer (or I could have used several CDs).
Now, my question is this: is this disk essentially my copy of the Win XP OS? Can I use this disk to potentially install XP on a new PC that I construct or a new hard drive? I have my Win 95 and my Win 98SE disks that came with my first PC and subsequent upgrade. Is this recovery dvd a "homemade" Win XP disk, or is it only able to be used on this computer to recover from, let's say, a virus or some other catastrophe? Because the PC came with no other disk for Win XP. :4-dontkno
Now, my question is this: is this disk essentially my copy of the Win XP OS? Can I use this disk to potentially install XP on a new PC that I construct or a new hard drive? I have my Win 95 and my Win 98SE disks that came with my first PC and subsequent upgrade. Is this recovery dvd a "homemade" Win XP disk, or is it only able to be used on this computer to recover from, let's say, a virus or some other catastrophe? Because the PC came with no other disk for Win XP. :4-dontkno