How to replace lost, broken, or missing Microsoft software or hardware
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[ln];326246

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
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"Gratisfying" wrote:

| Happy New Year!! I just upgraded computers from an old (5 yrs?) HP Vectra
| (single PIII dual hard drives) running Win2KPro to a 2-yr old BOXX 3D R3s
| (dual AMD processors, dual hard drives) running WinXP Pro--big jump up! The
| BOXX is an offlease machine that came with an OEM installation of WinXP Pro
| complete w/ COA and product key. Being only moderately technical, I used the
| wizard provided in the XP utilities to migrate my files from the HP Vectra to
| the BOXX thinking this would be the safe, non-destructive method. The
| overview in the wizard even said it was suitable for moving files from a
| Win2K to a WinXP machine. Hmmmm.
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| As it is, the BOXX runs but stutters, XP does not shut down the PC correctly
| and several programs hang up whenever I attempt to start them.
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| Long story short: Many of the files moved should have been left behind
| (i.e., HP diagnostic .exes and more). Now I need to know how to start over
| by reformatting the hard drives. I do not have the WinXP Pro CD to reload
| but I do have the product key.
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| I am posting this from my work PC since Internet Explorer is one of the
| stuttering programs on the BOXX.
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