Im rebuilding a new system, Cos my old 1 had a few problems but i don't have a windows cd.
Is there anyway i can extract just the bare OS from my old hard drive?
And use that on my new system? Its XP media edition.
No and even if you could I would never recommend backing up a system that had issues and copying it to another computer. Those issues will likely copy over with it.
Not really you need an installation disk. If you registered with Microsoft you may be able to just buy a new disk, if this is a manufactured computer you can contact the company that makes the computer and order a system restore disk.
Not really you need an installation disk. If you registered with Microsoft you may be able to just buy a new disk, if this is a manufactured computer you can contact the company that makes the computer and order a system restore disk.
Why wouldn't it work? Surely i can restore the old system then add new parts withouut changing the OS?
It was a Esystem and came preloaded from pc world 3 years ago.
So my only option to have windows is to buy a new OS pack?
Major hardware changes can cause issues with an OS. You may have to reload. If you bought it from someone see if you can order a restore CD from them (the company that is) and they are typically pretty cheap (like $20).
