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Acer laptop repair of o/s when no CD supplied. Can another CD (same version) be used.

Asked by: 1JF

I have two computers.... one Dell desktop and one Acer laptop.  The Dell came with Win Xp preinstalled.  The Acer came with Win Xp Pro installed.  Dell provided a 'Dell' CD containing the Win Xp operating system files.  Acer did not provided any CD, however had installed the O/S files in a hidden partition.  I performed a 'repair' of the Win Xp o/s on the Dell.  It restored any corrupted files and all is well.  I also own a Win Xp Pro SP2 CD.  I want to do a 'repair' of the o/s on the Acer laptop.  I do not want to reformat the drive... just do a 'repair' to save files, data, etc.  Since I was not provided with a CD from Acer, can I do a 'repair' using my Win Xp Pro Sp2 CD or might it conflict with the version preinstalled by Acer?

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by: r-kPosted on 2007-05-11 at 14:03:35ID: 19075521

While I am not 100% sure, I think when you try to do the repair, the repair option will not be available if the CD is incompatible.

I assume we are talking about the "repair install" as described at:

 http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

 

by: d_mayPosted on 2007-05-11 at 15:32:47ID: 19076076

view all hidden files, then do the repair using the link above.

d_may

 

by: nobusPosted on 2007-05-12 at 01:52:31ID: 19077759

an easy way to check it, is running sfc /scannow from the run box; if the versions are different , it will tell you.
Also the link above provides ways how to overcome the different versions

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