re: Deriving build number from key
Sunday, August 20, 2006 at 8:50 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by 666
(2253 messages posted)
Dan Sarandrea, MCSE wrote: Why not use the recovery-partition based manufacturer's
recovery solution?
Looks like you answered your own question:
Dan Sarandrea, MCSE wrote: It will take your computer back to factory-fresh condition
(...) recovery-partition based solutions normally destroy all user data
Reinstalling all your programs, removing all the unwanted extras that the recovery
partition brought back in, recustomizing all your personal OS settings, going into
the settings panel of each program you reinstalled to tweak everything back the way
it was before... using a recovery partition to "fix" a problem by reverting to factory-fresh
condition is like knocking down your house to kill a fly.
Best way to deal with recovery partitions that will destroy your system and call
it "recovery" is to find someone with a retail version of XP Home or Pro (use the
same version as on your recovery partition), copy the entire disk to your hard drive,
then edit setupp.ini to make it match your own product key:
• Activation: Valid license key, someone's else's CD
(short version - for the long version check www.thetechguide.com/howto/setuppini.html)
1) Copy entire CD to hard disk.
2) Edit setupp.ini file the i386 folder: 'Pid' should read 51882335 (retail version),
51883270 (volume license, corporate edition), 82503OEM (OEM version). Set to the
same version as your license key.
3) Make bootable CD image and burn with a program like nLite (www.nliteos.com).
Download the drivers for your hardware from the manufacturers website or extract
them from your recovery partition, and use nLite to include them in your home-made,
non-destructive XP install disk.
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