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There are no reviews yet. Unfortunately,many of these systems with Windows preinstalled do not come with a Windows setup CDROM; at best they include a Recovery Disk thatrestores the system to its shipping condition.

If you plan to reformat and do a clean installation of yoursystem, you might think that you have to buy another additional Windows XP licence even though you have already paid for one for thatsame machine. This article shows you how you can re-create a usable and bootable Windows XP installation CD using your running system.

I'm sure there are many other possible reasons why you might need a Windows Installation CD, but let's get on with the procedure formaking one. I have not tested this procedure on other versions ofWindows. This is essential. Without this, the procedure outlined on this page will not work. To find out whetheryou can use the steps listed on this page to re-create your bootable Windows XP setup disk, look for into yoursystem drive usually the C: drive , and see if you can find a folder named I in the root directory.

That is, see if you have the C:I folder on your hard disk. Note that only c:i contains the files needed for this operation. Do not use the files in 'C:WindowsDriver Cachei' or any other folders. When you bought your PC or laptop, it probably already came with Windows pre-activated, which means that you could use the computer out-of-the-boxwithout having to enter your Windows licence key from Microsoft or needing to activate the machine. However, when you reinstall Windows, you will need a Windows licence key.

You can usually find this taped somewhere on your computer sometimes onthe underside or back of the computer. Without this, you won't get far in the installation. Some manufacturers provide you with the device drivers for your system on a CD that comes with your system. Others require you to go to theirwebsite and download these drivers. Whichever the case may be, make sure you have all your drivers handy before you start.

Do not leave them on your hard disk, since your clean installation of Windows will probably wipe out everything on your hard disk. If your computer has SATA, IDE, SCSI or other mass storage devices for your hard disks that the Windows installer does not recognize out of the box,you will need to create a floppy disk with the drivers for that device.

At the appropriate time, when Windows prompts you to hit F6 to load the driversfrom a floppy disk, you will need to so. This is however outside the scope of this tutorial.

If your manufacturer has not provided you with any device drivers, or if you have lost the drivers CD or DVD that the vendor has provided you,all is not lost. You can try using a device driver backup program to extract the existing drivers on your currently running system. You can get a device driver backup program from theFree Device Driver Backup and Extraction Utilities pageon thefreecountry.

In such cases, you need the manufacturers' textmode driverswhich the driver backup utility will not recreate. You can of course use other software, but since it is difficult for me to write a tutorial that covers every possible burning software around,this guide will assume that you are using ImgBurn.

Since the software is available free of charge, I doubt that this choice will pose significant hardshipfor anyone. The easiest way to get this is to downloadthe file wxp In fact, you should do this now. Download the file and save it on your desktop. You will need the file later. Update : the site mentioned in the previous paragraph is no longer available, and I don't know anyreliable alternative locations that provide it. I would also strongly suggest that you make a backup image of your entire system before you reinstall it.

By entire system, I meanthe whole system and not just your data. This is important in case there is some glitch in your installation or some fault in the setup CD that you create,resulting in an unusable system. If you are running other Windows operating systems, you can also refer to these steps for their recovery processes are similar. Get access to Acer eRecovery Management. Then, you can access the recovery software. Then, a window will pop up asking for continue or not.

The computer will restart and a notice screen will appears in your first sight. When completes, it will restart once more to carry out Windows first setup. Note: To achieve Acer restore to factory settings, you should first create a recovery media partition or USB before accidents happen and system crashes. If you can still boot into system now, do it immediately! Software Images icon An illustration of two photographs. Images Donate icon An illustration of a heart shape Donate Ellipses icon An illustration of text ellipses.

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