Dell Dimension 3000 Factory Restore Help Needed!

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70JUDGE

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I have a Dell Dimension 3000 that I have been trying to restore to factory specs,and I'm having some trouble.The first think I tried was the Windows XP SP2 cd that came with it,and all that did was come up with ALOT of files that it couldn't copy.So I tried another drive,same thing.I then tried to put on a Windows XP upgrade that I had,but it wouldn't let me use the product key from the machine.So I come to the conclusion that the Dell cd is bad,and would like to know if all Dell Windows XP SP2 discs are the same,and I can use my key with one of them?How much are they from Dell?Why didn't the retail copy of XP work?Does Dell have something on their discs to prevent it?Also I noticed that it didn't restore the partitions that it originally had.Why is that?I thought that is what a factory restore did?Any help is greatly appreciated.Thank You very much!
Tyler
 
1. Place the WinXP CD in you CD Drive

2. Restart your computer

3. Enter the BIOS on start up, make sure that the computer Boots from the CD Drive first

4. Boot from the CD, and continue through the Windows steps to reformatting

IF YOU DELETE THE OLD PARTITION IT WILL DELETE ALL YOUR FILES AND REINSTALL WINDWOWS. In case you didn't know that.
 
So what do I have to do to get the machine back to as close as I can to the factory specs? I did format the partitions.Will the discs put the partitions back on,or do I have to myself?Thank You very much!


Tyler
 
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