Clean WinXP MCE install with new laptop

[Blindtoo]

I am a newb and this is my first post. So if this is the wrong forum please let me know.

Just picked up a dv9008nr and would like to do a clean install of WinXP MCE that came on it. I do not not have any install cds as they now provide the backup on the hard drive.

So what I understand (or think I do) is that I create recovery cds from the hard drive of the the Orginal OS with bloatware. Then I use something like nLite and the recsources on the unattended windows website to "taylor" the recovery OS as to how I want it. The following is something I read at another website:

" I made recovery DVDs, dumped the SWSETUP folder to DVD, and backed up the wpa.dbl(activation info) file from \windows\system32 first. I integrated Windows updates, drivers, Java, Firefox, etc, and that wpa.dbl file into the install DVD, which makes doing reinstalls a LOT easier (once you figure it out). Now I've got Windows installed the way I want without any HP bloatware."

The laptop is my girlfriends and ideally I would like to create an unattended windows boot cd with: her current OS that came with the lappy minus bloatware and unnecessary BS, appropraite activation info and windows updates, and also any necessary programs.

Questions: How are the recovery disks that you create different from the OS CD you used to get? Is there a posting or forum out there that can direct me in the right direction regarding my post?

This is somehting I would really like to do and I have been reading through the website trying to learn. Hopefully my really long and winded post doesn't reveal to much of my ignorance.

[nitroshift]

Look for the i386 folder on your back-up installation. Copy it over to any location that is convenient for you. Then download nLite and start fiddling with it. Also, you may look here: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showforum=70 to make a fully unattended setup CD (or DVD).