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REINSTALLATION CD'S
After reading a few posts concerning reinstalling operating system, I have a question that I hope someone can help me with. I recently purchased a Dell XPS 400. I did buy the reinstallation dvd for 10.00. I also received an XPS resource cd. My question is....... I can reinstall my operating system using the orange colored dvd which states " Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 with Update Rollup, right?? I am confused because I read in a few posts that it should be a cd, and not a dvd??? I realize that I do have the pc restore, but I guess I just want extra protection and assurance. Thanks for your input. It is greatly appreciated. I just want to add that I have learned so much from this forum. I love it!!! Everyone is great . thanks to all of you who share your knowledge. Less knowledgeable people like myself need all the help we can get!
- Well I'm glad that somebody believes that there is such a thing as an (re)installation DVD. Everyone kept saying it was a CD.I got the message( "Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \Windows\System32\Config\System. You can attempt to repair this file by starting windows set-up using the original set up CD-ROM. Select 'r' at the first screen to start repair.)The question I have is, how do you get the system to boot to the DVD drive when you have both a CD and DVD drive? I have a XPS Gen 4 MCE2005. I've tried just about everything. If I have to press another "f" key I think I'm going to scream. I just wanted to try to retrieve my files and get back to normal. PLEASE HELP!!! Thanks. KLD
KLee14 wrote:
Well I'm glad that somebody believes that there is such a thing as an (re)installation DVD. Everyone kept saying it was a CD.I got the message( "Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \Windows\System32\Config\System. You can attempt to repair this file by starting windows set-up using the original set up CD-ROM. Select 'r' at the first screen to start repair.)The question I have is, how do you get the system to boot to the DVD drive when you have both a CD and DVD drive? I have a XPS Gen 4 MCE2005. I've tried just about everything. If I have to press another "f" key I think I'm going to scream. I just wanted to try to retrieve my files and get back to normal. PLEASE HELP!!! Thanks. KLDYou change the boot order to be DVD drive first in bios.- Ok. I didn't realize the bios cycled through all the optical drives, that makes perfect sense. That having been said, why would Dell send a copy of an OS that you can boot on startup. Am I loosing my mind? I'm open to any suggestions, hand grenade being one of them. Thanks for the help. KLD
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Posted August 31st, 2006 03:00
Media Center Edition comes on a DVD and that can be used to reinstall Windows the same way that other editions of Windows can be installed using a CD.
Steve