Tony, Your friend may be referring to the fact that it's best to have a "clean" install, not installing over the top of an existing version . . .. Others will know better than I do! <Smiles> -- Carol carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: TONY CRETNEY To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 6:12 PM Subject: [access-uk] Reinstalling Windows Am I correct in thinking that it is possible to reinstall Windows from the same disk as it was taken from the first time it was installed on the original computer, and that you do not need to have a totally new copy of Windows each time you reinstall it. I have just been involved in some discussion on this topic with a friend. He argued that a completely new copy of Windows needs to be installed every time you install it whether or not you are installing it on the computer that it came off or not. I am having some problems and the only way round them seems to be to reinstall Windows XP on one of my computers that is giving me problems at the moment. I hope you understand what I mean, I have a feeling that this is not very clear. Tony