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Solved How Can I Download XP Recovery Disk For Compaq Presario PC?

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I was given A compaq Presaiq SR1563CL that a friend had and his kid fix it so it ask for a Recovery Disk for it to work at all, so were can I down load a Recovery disk at?

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      If you have the windows XP key (usually on a sticker on the case somewhere) and can check what it is… – and note if it says OEM as part of the characters given. If so then you can download an ISO for an OEM, burn it to to cd/dvd (XP will usually fit on a cd) and then use “your” OEM key to install it. If you go for the ISO get the version that has sp-3 included.

      If (and unlikely in this case) the installation is a retail version then you download a retail version of the ISO; burn to a cd/dvd and boot up with that – using “your” key for the installation. If “your” key doesn’t have OEM included within it, then it’s a fair be that yoi=u have a retail installation; but that is highly unlikely.

      Again go for the sp-3 version.

      The ISO can be download – for free – at the site posted by riider (#9) in this CN post:

      http://tinyurl.com/m3pexc6

      What I’m not sure about is whether or not the versions of XP offered there are retail or OEM. Usually you cannot use an OEM key with a retail disk and visa versa…

      But first have a browse at these two (hp) links; the second discusses which key to press for a recovery partition approach i depends on which OS version etc.you may have…; and also ordering the disk set. The first (and top of the list) may be of general interest too; and includes the actual hp link to the second site I’ve posted below.

      http://tinyurl.com/mlg7abj

      http://tinyurl.com/phg75nd

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