http://techborneo.com/2009/06/11/can-you-use-an-hp-recovery-disk-on-another-computer-that-has-been-formatted-please-see-details/ Laptop,Notebook,Computer Gadget,Cheap Computer parts Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:15:59 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://techborneo.com/2009/06/11/can-you-use-an-hp-recovery-disk-on-another-computer-that-has-been-formatted-please-see-details/comment-page-1/#comment-7860 Shawn H Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:20:45 +0000 http://techborneo.com/2009/06/11/can-you-use-an-hp-recovery-disk-on-another-computer-that-has-been-formatted-please-see-details/#comment-7860 Not really. Most recovery disks only work on the systems they were created for. Some check the BIOS for the model number. Not really. Most recovery disks only work on the systems they were created for. Some check the BIOS for the model number.

]]> http://techborneo.com/2009/06/11/can-you-use-an-hp-recovery-disk-on-another-computer-that-has-been-formatted-please-see-details/comment-page-1/#comment-7861 sm bn Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:20:45 +0000 http://techborneo.com/2009/06/11/can-you-use-an-hp-recovery-disk-on-another-computer-that-has-been-formatted-please-see-details/#comment-7861 the recovery disk is meant for the same PC that it is stored Even if you can use this recivery disk on yr old computer it migh not run reason is your old PC has RAM and HD that were way too small for XP to run. The old PC might be designed for Windows 98 with 128 MB RAM and 20 MB HD while an XP needs minimum 1 GB RAM and 100 MB harddrive the recovery disk is meant for the same PC that it is stored
Even if you can use this recivery disk on yr old computer it migh not run
reason is your old PC has RAM and HD that were way too small for XP to run. The old PC might be designed for Windows 98 with 128 MB RAM and 20 MB HD while an XP needs minimum 1 GB RAM and 100 MB harddrive

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