Re Install Windows XP Home

Question

I recently upgraded my Dell 8400, with new hard drives and XP Pro. I want to now reinstall XP Home on one of my new drives to dual boot. I do not have the Original installation of XP Home that drive is dead. I do have a product key sticker on the side of my 8400. When dell shipped the PC They did not send windows XP Home CD, they just send a product key.

I assume I am the owner of the XP home software so how do I go about installing it?

Many Thanks

Andre

AndyArsenalFC · Answer

is it? I had an issue with Win 2000 pro and Win 2000 Home where my kids games and stuff did not work when I upgraded to Win 2000 Pro. I was hoping to avoid this but if its the same think I am cool with that.   Thanks

boppo · Answer

dual boot xp & home? WHY, that almost the same thing.

boppo · Answer

stick with xp pro, glad to help.

ADITYASIERA · Answer

Hi andre.if dell didnt ship you with the Winxp CD then yours is prefferably a MRI system it means the system in which all the back up is loaded.Call up dell tech @ 1800 624 9896 and they will ship you the Xp home Sp2 CD.

Regards
Aditya
D620 Laptop Config
Dual Centrino 1.83Ghz
945 on 2 gb DDR2 667
80 GB sata 2 HDD

boppo · Answer

Only if your under warranty!

ADITYASIERA · Answer

not necessarily.if you have not got the cd then you will get all the Cds.Including your OS,drivers you need to download from support site for End-Of-Life systems.. Regards
Aditya
D620 Config
Dual Centrino 1.83Ghz
945 on 2 gb DDR2 667
80 GB sata 2 HDD

FF106 · Answer

Personally I would advise against re-loading the XP Home version. XP Pro is much more stable. I made the mistake of upgrading from 98 to XP Home on one of my machines about 6 months ago and to date I have spent over 25 hours on the phone with MS Tech Support trying to work out all the bugs !!!   I'm really thinking that my next machine will be an iMac

ADITYASIERA · Answer

Right said mate but you wont get a unlike exchange in dell.What you have ordered you will get that only.and XPHSP2 is much more stable and wont cause much of problems with a clean install

Regards
Aditya (Ex Dell Tech)
Lattitude D620 Config
Dual Centrino 1.83Ghz
945 on 2 gb DDR2 667(1*2GB)
80 GB sata 2 HDD
14.1" Wxga Ultrashap

simpswr · Answer

FF106 wrote:

Personally I would advise against re-loading the XP Home version. XP Pro is much more stable.

Absolute nonsense . . there is no difference between the Home and Pro versions that impact stability. Pro has some additional networking and file security, but the core is the same.

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Re Install Windows XP Home

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