random guy Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 yep, but again, what about the things I want to save...? And I dont have the XP CD, I think it came preloaded or something. My parents got it as a package deal thing with the comp...Best Buy<{POST_SNAPBACK}>You should still have gotten an xp cd, unless you got ripped off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shin_nihon_kikaku Posted November 11, 2004 Share Posted November 11, 2004 (edited) yep, but again, what about the things I want to save...? And I dont have the XP CD, I think it came preloaded or something. My parents got it as a package deal thing with the comp...Best Buy<{POST_SNAPBACK}>You should still have gotten an xp cd, unless you got ripped off<{POST_SNAPBACK}> You don't always get the CD if its pre-loaded. The equivalent of the XP cd is stored on a seperate partition on the hard drive. When you reformat a preloaded system it scrubs everything else, just as a reformat normally would but then when you start the machine back up it there's an option to automatically reinstall windows. It copies all the files it needs from this partition and you then have a freshly installed copy of Windows XP on a clean computer. Edited November 11, 2004 by shin_nihon_kikaku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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