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I need to reinstall xp on my desktop but all I have is a dell reinstallment cd, my computer is HP as I stated above. Can I strip this using Nlite and just use the XP part? Help, I really need my computer back. Thanks, any info is much appreciated.

Lori in Brooklyn


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Call HP and ask them to send you a restore CD. Tell them you never got one. Seems strange you have a Dell restore CD with an HP notebook.

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No, no no!

Like the others said just ring HP!

Even if you do get a disk from HP, it is not advised to touch it with nLite. The OEM supplied 'reinstall' disks are not generally a proper XP disk and have already been played with. It may work, but probably not. Basically it would be the same as nLiting a XP disk that had aready been nLited! Bad plan!

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I thought maybe I could strip it with Nlite

This will not work. The Dell CDs are made to only authenticate with Dell computers. If installed on an HP, it will not activate.

Trust me, I've already seen friends make this same mistake.

I'm not even sure what you're trying to "strip" with nLite...? nLite does not have the capability to modify the aspects of the CD that affect this.

You will never see a response on this site claiming what you are trying to do is possible, because by all legal means, it isn't.

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