Reinstalling XP Home

I am going to get a new hard drive this morning to put in my computer running
MS Windows XP Home. I bought the XP Home software years ago as an upgrade
version. I am worried that when I put in the new hard drive it may want my
original windows 98 cd but I cannot find it. Can anyone help me with this?

Mike

mmitsch wrote:
> I am going to get a new hard drive this morning to put in my computer
> running MS Windows XP Home. I bought the XP Home software years ago
> as an upgrade version. I am worried that when I put in the new hard
> drive it may want my original windows 98 cd but I cannot find it.
> Can anyone help me with this?
>
> Mike

I've looked all over the place as well but I can't find your 98 cd either,
sorry.

--
Mike Pawlak

mmitsch wrote:
> I am going to get a new hard drive this morning to put in my computer running
> MS Windows XP Home. I bought the XP Home software years ago as an upgrade
> version. I am worried that when I put in the new hard drive it may want my
> original windows 98 cd but I cannot find it. Can anyone help me with this?
>
> Mike

Perhaps, if you explained *why* you are getting a new drive and what you
are planning to do.

--
Lem -- MS-MVP - Networking

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

New drives like Maxtor and Western Digital (that are not OEM versions) come
with a CD that includes a drive copy utility. If you have an OEM Hard Drive
that did not come with this disk then go to the Manufacturer's web site.

You may also look into 'Image Backups' since you can no longer find your XP
Home CD.
Norton Ghost
http://www.symantec.com/norton/produ...r&pvid=ghost12

True Image (has a 15 day trial version also)
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing...cts/trueimage/

Also copying disk to disk with Norton Ghost
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...csm=no&seg=hho

JS

"mmitsch" <mmitsch@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F2542C25-5E7E-4539-8793-D5A34E2FB44F@microsoft.com...
>I am going to get a new hard drive this morning to put in my computer
>running
> MS Windows XP Home. I bought the XP Home software years ago as an upgrade
> version. I am worried that when I put in the new hard drive it may want
> my
> original windows 98 cd but I cannot find it. Can anyone help me with
> this?
>
> Mike

If you want to do a clean installation then you will need a cd from a
previous edition of Windows. It does not have to be Win98 but those are
easy enough to get on eBay. Otherwise you will need to use an imaging
program as recommended by JS.

"mmitsch" <mmitsch@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F2542C25-5E7E-4539-8793-D5A34E2FB44F@microsoft.com...
>I am going to get a new hard drive this morning to put in my computer
>running
> MS Windows XP Home. I bought the XP Home software years ago as an upgrade
> version. I am worried that when I put in the new hard drive it may want
> my
> original windows 98 cd but I cannot find it. Can anyone help me with
> this?
>
> Mike

mmitsch <mmitsch@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I am going to get a new hard drive this morning to put in my computer running
>MS Windows XP Home. I bought the XP Home software years ago as an upgrade
>version. I am worried that when I put in the new hard drive it may want my
>original windows 98 cd but I cannot find it. Can anyone help me with this?

CLONE your old hard drive to the new one and forget about all your
worries.

It will save you tons of time and will keep all your installed
programs for you.

Lem <lemp40@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Perhaps, if you explained *why* you are getting a new drive and what you
>are planning to do.
>
>--
>Lem -- MS-MVP - Networking

That really looks like a dumb reply to me.

Most likely, the OP wants a larger drive.

"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote:

>If you want to do a clean installation then you will need a cd from a
>previous edition of Windows. It does not have to be Win98 but those are
>easy enough to get on eBay. Otherwise you will need to use an imaging
>program as recommended by JS.

READING IS A SKILL... that you apparently need training in.

You paid no attention to what the OP posted.

The OP was INSTALLING A NEW HARD DRIVE.

No need for any change to the installation... the OP merely needs to
clone the old drive to the new drive.

Uncle Grumpy wrote:
> Lem <lemp40@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Perhaps, if you explained *why* you are getting a new drive and what you
>> are planning to do.
>>
>> --
>> Lem -- MS-MVP - Networking
>
> That really looks like a dumb reply to me.
>
> Most likely, the OP wants a larger drive.
>

It's nice to know that there's a mind reader who follows these
newsgroups. I'll remember to refer posts with insufficient information
to you in the future.

*Perhaps* the OP just wanted a bigger hard drive. Or perhaps his drive
crashed and he needs to replace it and reinstall the OS and all of his
apps and data.

--
Lem -- MS-MVP - Networking

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

MAP - Thanks for the smart remark -- hope it made your day buddy!

Mike


"MAP" wrote:

> mmitsch wrote:
> > I am going to get a new hard drive this morning to put in my computer
> > running MS Windows XP Home. I bought the XP Home software years ago
> > as an upgrade version. I am worried that when I put in the new hard
> > drive it may want my original windows 98 cd but I cannot find it.
> > Can anyone help me with this?
> >
> > Mike
>
> I've looked all over the place as well but I can't find your 98 cd either,
> sorry.
>
> --
> Mike Pawlak
>
>
>