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Originally Posted by Fotzlid
I had a recover disk but can't find it.
Could I make one from the new machine or do the numbers have to match?
Will the machine recognize the CD drive when it can't find the OS?
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I havn't a clue if the numbers have to match BUT the version of XP does.
Example a recover disk from Dell probably would not work on a gateway.
Doesn't matter if the machine can find the OS or not to be able to boot off a CD/DVD, thats up to the bios which comes BEFORE the OS.
Umm.. I wouldn't actually even start with a recovery disk, I'd start with
BartPE Disk or something close to that. Come to think on it I'd start in the BIOS and see if the BIOS even recognizes that the hdd is there and double check the bios settings to see if somehow some thing wasn't changed by accident THEN boot the BartPE disk or even a XPlive disk would work.
BTW what error do you get on boot? That certainly might help track down what needs to be done.