From: Daave on
YW. Feel free to post a follow-up once you reinstall using the correct
disk. Bye!

mindydee113 via WindowsKB.com wrote:
> Daave: thanks so much for all your time and help! you rock! guess
> i'll get to ordering the correct disk now......
>
> Daave wrote:
>> The cranky friend apparently installed a Volume License copy of XP
>> MCE if I am reading your Product ID correctly. At this point, I
>> really believe you will be best served by purchasing a Recovery CD
>> (of XP Home!) directly from HP. See this page:
>>
>> http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00810334&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&lang=en&os=228&product=459484
>>
>> The good news is that once you follow the directions, you will have
>> no issues with drivers; they all will have been installed.
>>
>> If you haven't done so already, bookmark this page:
>>
>> http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=228&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&lang=en&product=459484#
>>
>> It has much useful information for that specific model. On the
>> right-hand side of that page, you will find links for the manual,
>> FAQs, etc.
>>
>> Good luck, Mindy!
>>
>>> Daave:
>>>
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>>>>>>>> (MBAM and SAS are free and recommended), and a number of other
>>>>>>>> things. POst back if you still have questions.