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well my computer went down it dont even wanna load anything i mean anything i need help if i can get help buy someone who can sell me a windows xp cd or ship out my drive so ya can do it plz :(
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What brand of computer do you have. If you have a dell you can press shift F11 while the computer is booting, then insert your backup disk and it will completely reinstall windows. If you have another brand of PC ie: Compaq, Acer, whatever, you should have a restore disk that you can use. If not call the company, they can send you another disk, I think free or for a few dollars.
(I am assuming since you dont know how to reinstall xp, you dont have a custom built pc.)

If you want to go buy XP, most places will install it for you, so you can usually unplug your HDD and bring it with you when you purchase the OS.

If you want to download it (illegally) you will need another computer, download the OS from wherever, burn it onto a disk, while your computer is starting, if it doesnt boot from the disk, restart your computer, and look to see what it says to enter setup. Most times its the delete key or F2 or F8 or something.

Once in there, look for 'boot' or boot options or something along those lines. Then look for your boot priority, or sequence. Then set your drive to number 1, or if you can click boot from drive (my bios allows me to select what I want to boot from if I go into the setup). If you are having troubles, usually the company you bought your computer from can help you with this...

As far as installing the 'disk' (wizard) does everything for you... When you get to the point where it asks you where you want to install, it will list the partitions on your Hard Drive, use the one that is already partitioned, it will also probably say Windows XP or something...
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im trying burn a windows xp pro on a 4.5 dvdr but it wont fit so what type of blank dvdr i need or what kind i need i have a compaq computer
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You only need a CD to backup Windows XP Pro.
If you bought a Compaq or one of the other name brand PCs, you can use any XP Pro and enter the key on the top or the back of the PC to reinstall.

Try to get a an XP Pro CD from a friend or download a copy with torrents or something.
It should get you where you need to go.
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Be careful about what you guys talk about. We shouldn't be seeing any talk of torrents or piracy in the forums.
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i sorry if im talking about torrents or any kinda stuff like that cause i need help with my computer i really need my computer back up cause thats were i can burn my xbox 360 games at
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The install should fit on a CD-R so it should have no problem fitting on a dvd-r see if any of your friends have the disk from their computer...
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what type of cd-r i need the cheap kind that take 700 mb or something valueable
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any should work fine
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i tryied it cofree on a dvd+r it dont fit i really dont wanna waist alot of money to fix a computer
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well it should fix on a cd
if it will not fit on a dvd then you have the wrong thing
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what software are you burning with? I've been able to put it on just a CD-R, maybe a DVD... You might need to find another copy.
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i burn it with a filke called burn my files do u think thats the right software im sorry for mention the software what kinda software i need
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for any ISO file, I would recommend burning it with IMGBurn, it's free and reliable...
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