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**wrcsti** · 09-29-2007, 12:46 PM

ok currently i want to format my HDD and reinstall ubuntu and XP. but i do not have a XP boot cd as my laptop came preinstalled with xp. is there anyway to make a cd to install xp after the format? thanks for any help.

explosions · 09-29-2007, 12:49 PM

Did your laptop come with a recovery disk?

**wrcsti** · 09-29-2007, 12:55 PM

my laptop is 5 years old and we have moved over 4 times and over 2000 miles, if it did its lost

EDIT:
but under ubuntu i can see a recovery partition with an iso file in it.

explosions · 09-29-2007, 12:59 PM

Can you extract that iso and give me the directories?

**wrcsti** · 09-29-2007, 01:01 PM

ill see cause i cannot access it on xp and dont have anything to open it up in ubuntu. ill try to put it into the xp partition.

explosions · 09-29-2007, 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wrcsti

ill see cause i cannot access it on xp and dont have anything to open it up in ubuntu. ill try to put it into the xp partition.

Can you write to the xp partition with ubuntu?

**wrcsti** · 09-29-2007, 01:12 PM

no i cannot but i can open up the directories, heres a screenshot.

explosions · 09-29-2007, 01:18 PM

Burn that to a cd(the iso) with ubuntu and see if it will boot.

**wrcsti** · 09-29-2007, 01:43 PM

it does autoboot but eventually my computer does some wierd disk reading noises like it cant readd it at all and nothing more happens. same thing happended with ubuntu until i found 1 cd from a different make.

09-29-2007, 12:46 PM	#1
wrcsti Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: under the big rock Posts: 485 Trader Feedback: 0	windows recovery disk ok currently i want to format my HDD and reinstall ubuntu and XP. but i do not have a XP boot cd as my laptop came preinstalled with xp. is there anyway to make a cd to install xp after the format? thanks for any help.

09-29-2007, 12:49 PM	#2
explosions banned 4 LIFE Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Jupiter Posts: 3 Trader Feedback: 0	Did your laptop come with a recovery disk?

09-29-2007, 12:55 PM	#3
wrcsti Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: under the big rock Posts: 485 Trader Feedback: 0	my laptop is 5 years old and we have moved over 4 times and over 2000 miles, if it did its lost EDIT: but under ubuntu i can see a recovery partition with an iso file in it.

09-29-2007, 12:59 PM	#4
explosions banned 4 LIFE Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Jupiter Posts: 3 Trader Feedback: 0	Can you extract that iso and give me the directories?

09-29-2007, 01:01 PM	#5
wrcsti Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: under the big rock Posts: 485 Trader Feedback: 0	ill see cause i cannot access it on xp and dont have anything to open it up in ubuntu. ill try to put it into the xp partition.

09-29-2007, 01:12 PM	#7
wrcsti Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: under the big rock Posts: 485 Trader Feedback: 0	no i cannot but i can open up the directories, heres a screenshot.

09-29-2007, 01:18 PM	#8
explosions banned 4 LIFE Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Jupiter Posts: 3 Trader Feedback: 0	Burn that to a cd(the iso) with ubuntu and see if it will boot.

09-29-2007, 01:43 PM	#9
wrcsti Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: under the big rock Posts: 485 Trader Feedback: 0	it does autoboot but eventually my computer does some wierd disk reading noises like it cant readd it at all and nothing more happens. same thing happended with ubuntu until i found 1 cd from a different make.

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