Wish to recover original WinXP Pro CD; serious help please!
My original XP Pro CD became defective by following instruction at here while trying to upgrade XP Home SP2 to Pro I do not have a copy of the CD! :bawling: (I was initially asking assistance at here in this SW forum.) I seriously need your assistance!:sad2:
I would sincerely and profoundly appreciate if you would tell me a method to recover the damaged CD.
Thank you for your time and assistance for me!
I would sincerely and profoundly appreciate if you would tell me a method to recover the damaged CD.
Thank you for your time and assistance for me!
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I had similar occurance when I had little knowledge about computer in the past. When I copied some CDs (ex.Norton 2002...etc) given from my friend to harddrive, those CDs remained working, except MS products; MS Office 97 and Windows 2000 became defective (product key became invalid) after the copy. I asked the friend a help after the occurence, and he taught me of some copy protection system used in CD of certain manufacturer, and use of CD burner for copy in lieu of the 'copy-to-harddrive' method.
I would truly appreciate if you would help me to recover the CD.
Thank you very much!
There are several "types" of keys -
Retail
Upgrade
Volume License
OEM
To name a few.
If you have a Retail CD, you'll need a Retail key, etc. What does the CD look like? Brown hologram? Silver hologram? Orange screen printing with white text? The key you have doesn't seem to go with the disk you have.
I got the CD upon purchase of the PC; the CD has Black and White color, plus 'Operating System CD, Microsoft Windows XP Professional' label on the surface.
I also have XP Home SP2 CD with the same color and label on the surface; does this Home CD help recover the Pro CD?
I have Toshiba MK6025GAS harddrive in the PC.
To zero.counter: No.
I desperaely need your help!:(
Thank you so much, primesuspect and zero.counter!
The disk sounds like an OEM copy. Look for a label that has the key somewhere on your pc.
I decided to order the Operating System CD to the manufacturer.
Thank you all for your time and assistance!:)
Helpneed, does the CD have printed on it "Toshiba" or "Restore?"