Bart
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Registered: 19th Aug 02
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i have several PCs bought from novatech (reseller), and they have shipped with the recovery operating system.
I dont have the same CD that came with the machine, but i have exactly the same one that came with another.
The PC has the serial of the OS on the side of the case, so i should be ok to format/reinstall shouldnt i?
i want to keep it legit if poss.
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James_DT
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Registered: 9th Apr 04
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Any OEM Windows XP Cd will work with the serial on the side of the system. And it'll be legit. It's the serial that's the license to use the OS, the source of the media is irrelevant.
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Russ
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yup, aslog as u have the cd-key you can use any cd u want son
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abdus
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yep
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Bart
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Location: Midsomer Norton, Bristol Avon
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will there be any problems when it comes to reactivating it?
note: no hardware has changed in the machine since it was activated
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James_DT
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If the hardware is the same, then there should be no problems at all.
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Bart
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ok thanks.
just started doing this and for the third time in a row, half way though installation im geting a blue stop screen, irql_not_less_or_equal
IVe just googled it, and it sounds like it is either cpu overheating (i did hoover out all the dust before i worked on it) or the memory is gone bad.
i have some spare ram to try in a min anway.
god i hate computers sometime
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James_DT
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I used to get that, it was dodgy RAM that was causing it.
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jamied
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Registered: 27th Oct 03
Location: Marbella,Spain Drives: C63
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was this with me, although I have had it been a conflict of IRQ before
quote:
Originally posted by James_DT
I used to get that, it was dodgy RAM that was causing it.
[Edited on 30-08-2006 by 306CORSA]
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Bart
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Registered: 19th Aug 02
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heh.. just swapped out the ram out and its up and running like a gem 
gonna need to order 2gb of DDR ram, if anyone has any recommendations.
doesnt need to be expensive stuff
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PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
Location: Atherton, Greater Manchester
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I have GSkill in my 'nix box at home, does me good! was cheap enough too...
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jamied
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Registered: 27th Oct 03
Location: Marbella,Spain Drives: C63
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ebuyer or komplett.co.uk
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AdiSRI
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Registered: 1st May 02
Location: Berkshire
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or www.lowestonweb.com ---> free delivery
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