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Old September 6th, 2005, 09:22 AM
verbatim verbatim is offline
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Do I need to purchase a new OS??

I have a Dell Dimension 4300 with Windows XP Home installed. The HDD has failed with an error message: EIDE controller operating outside normal specifications, which I assume means an HDD failure. The sixty million dollar question is: With a newly installed HDD would I be able to recover the OS with the original System Restore CD, or is all lost so that need buy a new copy of XP? Also, when I install a new HDD will I be able to recover data from the failed HDD using it as the slave?
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