I need help....

[Drip Curl Magic]

yeah true. If it's a Dell it you can press soemthing like CTRL F? to bring up the saved OS. Dell's (atleast the newest ones) use norton Ghost to save your OS on a hidden partition on the drive.

 

It's not a Dell.... but are you familiar with VPR Matrix?

[Binary_Branflakes]

It's not a Dell.... but are you familiar with VPR Matrix?

 

No, i've never heard of those.

[Drip Curl Magic]

well, you could...but you are going to run into a problem when Windows asks you for the Activation code. it's not going to allow you to use that one twice. So, as far as the serial & activation code, your mom is right. But if you had a different serial and corresponding activation code, you could. (that's just a hypathetical, hehe)

 

 

mmm, I'm probably better off just having my friend install a new *cough*pirated*cough* version of windows.

[Binary_Branflakes]

mmm, I'm probably better off just having my friend install a new *cough*pirated*cough* version of windows.

 

I would think in this case it could be justified because you had Win XP in the first place. :steering:

[C1ay]

It's not a Dell.... but are you familiar with VPR Matrix?

You might try VPR Tech Support....

[Binary_Branflakes]

You might try VPR Tech Support....

 

...and then there is the legal route. LOL

 

although tech support over the phone is usually enough to make you want to simply throw the pc out of the window....lol

[Drip Curl Magic]

I would think in this case it could be justified because you had Win XP in the first place. :hyper:

 

But of course. :steering:

 

it does seem justified to get the same version of windows.... It would probably be just as easy to upgrade from home edition to pro. That would be fun. Hypathetical, of course.:Alien:

[Binary_Branflakes]

But of course. :steering:

 

it does seem justified to get the same version of windows.... It would probably be just as easy to upgrade from home edition to pro. That would be fun. Hypathetical, of course.:hyper:

 

 

LOL! yes of course, completely hypathetical....lol

[Drip Curl Magic]

Thank you guys for giving me some more ideas and options.

 

I'm gonna contact tech support first and see if I can just buy a new restore CD... I'm not getting my hopes up, though...

 

And if it comes down to it, I'll ask my nerdy friends to help me out with a new version of windows.

[Binary_Branflakes]

You are welcome! Glad to help.

 

good luck in your endevour! hey...look at it this way, even though this is frustrating, you are learning something you may not have learned had this not have happened.

 

oh, and in the future, if you do a restore, try googling for your drivers before using the Windows CDs. Avoid some headaches if you aren't sure what you are looking for in the first place.