My Concern

skidude · 01-30-2006, 10:07 PM

When I get my new parts for my PC, it will include a motherboard, which means that I will have to re-install windows. Well, since I first bought my PC from iBuyPower, they only gave me the recovery CD and my CD Key for XP. When I re-install windows, will I be able to re-install it with just the recovery CD, and not have to install it twice on the same hdd (once from now, once from when I re-install it)??? This is the part of it which makes me uneasy...

Veurruckte · 01-30-2006, 11:03 PM

That's a very good question. It really depends on how your recovery cd checks to see if it's the computer you bought or not.

Are you staying on the same architecture?

I hope I understood you right, those last 2 sentences were a bit confusing.

[-0MEGA-] · 01-30-2006, 11:14 PM

Skidude, if your company is anything like the one we got ours from (cyber power systems), then the recovery CD is just an Original Windows XP CD, except theres a different sticker and they customized the installation a little bit. I used that CD on my computer as well as the family computer, and they work just fine.

And are you telling me that you've never re-installed windows since you got your PC?!?

skidude · 01-30-2006, 11:20 PM

No I have not re-installed Windows since I got my PC... which was like 6 months ago. There really was no need to. And Cyberpower and iBuypower are extremely closely related so I think that is what they did, just stuck their logo on the CD and called it a recovery CD.

[-0MEGA-] · 01-30-2006, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by skidude

No I have not re-installed Windows since I got my PC... which was like 6 months ago. There really was no need to. And Cyberpower and iBuypower are extremely closely related so I think that is what they did, just stuck their logo on the CD and called it a recovery CD.

Oh, i thought you had it longer then that.

is your "recovery CD" white, with a bunch of text that also sayd "iBuyPower" on it? Also, does your computer have a seperate smaller partition on it?

skidude · 01-30-2006, 11:31 PM

No my PC only has one partition which takes up my whole hard drive, or so says my disk managment thing. My recovery CD is silver and shiny, with the iBuypower logo on it, and it says "I series recovery CD-ROM" and it gives the whole thing about this is only for distribution with an ibuypower computer, and so on.

redrider773 · 01-31-2006, 12:07 AM

I would contact them if it doesn't work, because you purchased that windows copy and it is a total rip off if you cant reinstall it.

skidude · 01-31-2006, 12:30 AM

Well like I said I have the serial number and everything so they cant accuse me of pirating it.

01-30-2006, 10:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
skidude Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Windham, NH Age: 18 Posts: 4,552	My Concern When I get my new parts for my PC, it will include a motherboard, which means that I will have to re-install windows. Well, since I first bought my PC from iBuyPower, they only gave me the recovery CD and my CD Key for XP. When I re-install windows, will I be able to re-install it with just the recovery CD, and not have to install it twice on the same hdd (once from now, once from when I re-install it)??? This is the part of it which makes me uneasy... __________________ CPU- AMD Athlon X2 6000+ Video- Asus Extreme X1900XTX Memory- 2 GB A-Data DDR2800 (2x1GB) Power- Hiper 580W +12v = 38A Mobo- Gigabyte GA-M61P-S3 Socket AM2 Motherboard The Rig "In These Lowly Halls / No Moon Will Beam, No Sun Will Shine / In These Narrow Rooms / No Tears Are Seen, No Laughter Heard" --- Insomnium ---

01-30-2006, 11:03 PM	#2 (permalink)
Veurruckte Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Age: 17 Posts: 240	That's a very good question. It really depends on how your recovery cd checks to see if it's the computer you bought or not. Are you staying on the same architecture? I hope I understood you right, those last 2 sentences were a bit confusing. Last edited by Veurruckte; 01-30-2006 at 11:06 PM.

01-30-2006, 11:14 PM	#3 (permalink)
[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 19 Posts: 25,267	Skidude, if your company is anything like the one we got ours from (cyber power systems), then the recovery CD is just an Original Windows XP CD, except theres a different sticker and they customized the installation a little bit. I used that CD on my computer as well as the family computer, and they work just fine. And are you telling me that you've never re-installed windows since you got your PC?!? __________________ Pentium Dual-Core E2200 @ 3.3GHz Gigabyte P35-DS3L ATI HD 3870 GDDR4 @ (875/2272) 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2-1000 500GB SATAII HD w/16MB SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 11515

01-30-2006, 11:20 PM	#4 (permalink)
skidude Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Windham, NH Age: 18 Posts: 4,552	No I have not re-installed Windows since I got my PC... which was like 6 months ago. There really was no need to. And Cyberpower and iBuypower are extremely closely related so I think that is what they did, just stuck their logo on the CD and called it a recovery CD. __________________ CPU- AMD Athlon X2 6000+ Video- Asus Extreme X1900XTX Memory- 2 GB A-Data DDR2800 (2x1GB) Power- Hiper 580W +12v = 38A Mobo- Gigabyte GA-M61P-S3 Socket AM2 Motherboard The Rig "In These Lowly Halls / No Moon Will Beam, No Sun Will Shine / In These Narrow Rooms / No Tears Are Seen, No Laughter Heard" --- Insomnium ---

01-30-2006, 11:31 PM	#6 (permalink)
skidude Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Windham, NH Age: 18 Posts: 4,552	No my PC only has one partition which takes up my whole hard drive, or so says my disk managment thing. My recovery CD is silver and shiny, with the iBuypower logo on it, and it says "I series recovery CD-ROM" and it gives the whole thing about this is only for distribution with an ibuypower computer, and so on. __________________ CPU- AMD Athlon X2 6000+ Video- Asus Extreme X1900XTX Memory- 2 GB A-Data DDR2800 (2x1GB) Power- Hiper 580W +12v = 38A Mobo- Gigabyte GA-M61P-S3 Socket AM2 Motherboard The Rig "In These Lowly Halls / No Moon Will Beam, No Sun Will Shine / In These Narrow Rooms / No Tears Are Seen, No Laughter Heard" --- Insomnium ---

01-31-2006, 12:07 AM	#7 (permalink)
redrider773 Platinum Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New Hampshire USA Age: 18 Posts: 510	I would contact them if it doesn't work, because you purchased that windows copy and it is a total rip off if you cant reinstall it. __________________ CPU.......................AMD 64 San Diego 4000+ 2.4 Ghz → 2.8 Ghz Video Card............ATi X1800XT 512Mb 625 Mhz/1500 Mhz → 690 Mhz/1600 Mhz Memory.................4 x 512Mb OCZ Gold Motheboard..........ASUS A8R-MVP Crossfire Drives....................250 Gb SATA 150 & 120 Gb & DVD-RW & DVD OS..........................Windows XP Media Center '05 & Ubuntu Case.......................X-Navigator 500Watts 3DMark.................'03 = 17644....'05 = 9492....'06 = 4054

01-31-2006, 12:30 AM	#8 (permalink)
skidude Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Windham, NH Age: 18 Posts: 4,552	Well like I said I have the serial number and everything so they cant accuse me of pirating it. __________________ CPU- AMD Athlon X2 6000+ Video- Asus Extreme X1900XTX Memory- 2 GB A-Data DDR2800 (2x1GB) Power- Hiper 580W +12v = 38A Mobo- Gigabyte GA-M61P-S3 Socket AM2 Motherboard The Rig "In These Lowly Halls / No Moon Will Beam, No Sun Will Shine / In These Narrow Rooms / No Tears Are Seen, No Laughter Heard" --- Insomnium ---

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