"data" rescue (again)

[Curtis H. Wilbar Jr.]

I'm working on a virus riddled Windows XP Home (SP2) Dell...

The stupid thing doesn't ship with an OS CD !!!

I can get one sent to me by Dell... but obviously that is a slow
process and my cousin is w/o a computer...

Anyone here able to provide me with a Dell Windows XP Home SP2 iso
image ?

Sorry this isn't vintage or anything.... but it is 'sorta' rescue
(data) :-)

-- Curt
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[Lionel Peterson-2]

Recovery partition?

You'll be back at square one, just as machine shipped.

It would be listed on boot menu (f8 on startup?) if one was there.

Are you sure there isn't an option to burn a CD?

Lionel

On Apr 24, 2008, at 7:44 PM, rescue@... wrote:

> I'm working on a virus riddled Windows XP Home (SP2) Dell...
>
> The stupid thing doesn't ship with an OS CD !!!
>
> I can get one sent to me by Dell... but obviously that is a slow
> process and my cousin is w/o a computer...
>
> Anyone here able to provide me with a Dell Windows XP Home SP2 iso
> image ?
>
> Sorry this isn't vintage or anything.... but it is 'sorta' rescue
> (data) :-)
>
> -- Curt
> _______________________________________________
> rescue list - http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue

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[Steve Hatle]

On 4/24/08 6:44 PM, "rescue@..."  wrote:

> I'm working on a virus riddled Windows XP Home (SP2) Dell...
>
> The stupid thing doesn't ship with an OS CD !!!
>
> I can get one sent to me by Dell... but obviously that is a slow
> process and my cousin is w/o a computer...
>
> Anyone here able to provide me with a Dell Windows XP Home SP2 iso
> image ?
>

If it has a recovery partition, you get to it by hitting CTRL+F11 at the
initial Dell screen before the OS boot starts.

Running this will restore the machine to the "as shipped" state.

The following link has more than  you ever want to know about the Dell
recovery process, and how to fix it if it's broken:

http://www.goodells.net/dellrestore/index.htm

If you really need a Dell XP OS disk, contact me off-list.

Steve
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