how do i reinstall windows xp onto my laptop without an xp disc?

Question

i have a windows xp laptop, been backed up and i now want to reinstall windows xp losing all data. thats right losing all the old data.

Answer 1

You need either the XP disc or the crash disc that came with the computer.

Answer 2

Microsoft does not ant to let people steal their software so to make sure they don't you must have a disc to download it any other way is illegal oh and System restore is comes with a standard installation of Windows XP. Individual Computer companies do not put that on. Also if yo decide to get a new one buy one at the store because if you plan on running win update it will find that you got it from a friend or got it for free from something [thats illigal because their just copying there code] and they will yell at you

Answer 3

Check the manufactures website to see if an recovery disk is available to purchase. Sometimes the recovery disk is on a separate partition on your hard drive,To see if if that is the case go to my computer and if another drive is listed with the next letter past your hard drive Usually your hard drive is C then the recovery partition would show up as a D drive.
To recover from the recovery partition when the system boots up press the function button that will start recovery at the prompt Usually F1 or F11.
This will format your hard drive, however the data stays on your system as a goast untill it is written over with new data several times. The best way to completely remove the data is to after deleteing the files overwritethe freespace and cluster tips 32 times with zeros. Several prograhm are available to do this are available. The one that I use is "eraser".
You can get a free download at this site http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/download.php

Answer 4

If your laptop is for example HP, they have special systems that re-install windows for you without a disc, when you press F8 just before the windows logo screen appears, otherwise I would reccomend that you give your manufacturer a call and explain the problem, they should be able to help. Otherwise there is NO WAY TO DO THIS

Answer 5

have you a recovery disc supplied with your laptop if so win XP is on it insert into drive and reinstall

what laptop do you have?

some support will provide the discs for a price but cheaper than buying a full copy of XP

Answer 6

Your laptop should have come with a restore disk or system recovery disk and instructions for using it. This is actually either a copy of Win XP or a key to a hidden partition on the hard disk that contains the means to roll your machine back to the day it was new.

Answer 7

If you are asking ..can you install windows with no cdrom support?..yes you can. But you will need another computer with a cdrom using the XP disk to tranfer the disk contents to your laptop.

If this is what you mean I am happy to explain how. If it isn't what you mean, the answer is you can't reinstall without an XP disk.

Answer 8

you could no longer setting up XP and not making use of a tricky or comfortable reproduction of an XP disc. There are various techniques you could setting up an OS and not making use of a hardcopy on a CD or DVD. a million. USB setting up. 2. community setting up. 3. OS restoration making use of an present restoration partition.

Answer 9

Copy the windows XP setup files onto your Hard disk

Answer 10

You Dont! If you format the hard drive it will erase the operating system and then you have to use the xp disk to put it back on. Try do a systems restore