Can my friends restore disk be used on my PC?

[Ludford]

My desktop is now full of 3 years worth of crap and errors and I really need to do a restore. But the idiots at PC world didn't give me a disk when I bought the PC.

So, can my friends system restore disk be used on my PC? (his is Advent mine is Fujitsu Siemens)


If not who do I talk to about getting a new restore disk.

Pc world (who sold the PC)

Fujitsu Siemens (who made the PC)

Any help appreciated

[nvteighen]

Most possibly, not...

[Steve1961]

My desktop is now full of 3 years worth of crap and errors and I really need to do a restore. But the idiots at PC world didn't give me a disk when I bought the PC.

So, can my friends system restore disk be used on my PC? (his is Advent mine is Fujitsu Siemens)


If not who do I talk to about getting a new restore disk.

Pc world (who sold the PC)

Fujitsu Siemens (who made the PC)

Any help appreciated

You'll probably have to pay for a restore disk even if you can get hold of one. However, as long as you know the windows CoA key you can use someone else's OEM disk to reinstall a new system - minus all the crap that tends to come with pre-installed boxes. I've done this many times and never had a problem activating the systems once installed.

[dreadlord_chris]

My desktop is now full of 3 years worth of crap and errors and I really need to do a restore. But the idiots at PC world didn't give me a disk when I bought the PC.

So, can my friends system restore disk be used on my PC? (his is Advent mine is Fujitsu Siemens)


If not who do I talk to about getting a new restore disk.

Pc world (who sold the PC)

Fujitsu Siemens (who made the PC)

Any help appreciated

Chances are slim - but not necessarilly impossible. First thing you need to do is make sure the restore CD is for the same version of Windows that you have installed. Pop the CD in your drive and open it in Windows Explorer - is there an i386 folder? If so, you should be in business. Next, make sure you have your Windows Product Key written down & handy. If you don't know what your product key is, search Google for a utility called RockXP - this utility will enable you to retrieve it - write it down. Now, open up that i386 folder and look for a file called winnt32.exe and run it. The install should proceed from there.

Hope this helps....

[Ludford]

I'll try that.

I recently used his restore disk on my laptop and it worked fine without asking for a key.

But both were advent computers.