Sorry, Billy, you didn't mention the reformat and it being the same system. That said, it's not an easy job to do this with recovery disks without seeing them in full detail. Also, they SHOULD install any necessary drivers. I had terrible trouble when I reformatted and installed a pure XP Home onto my Toshiba satellite. The screen screwed up, there was no sound, and all sorts. In the end, I finally found and used the Recovery Disk, then immediately removed any extraneous garbage like AOL. Thankfully, Toshiba didn't include Norton, which was by biggest worry. The second biggest was updating the whole thing, but again thankfully, I found my XP SP2 CD, so it wasn't quite such a long haul there. George. -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of TrueBlue & Proud Sent: 13 May 2007 20:11 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: xp home? George, I didn't want to run 2 copies of the software on 2 systems. I want to format the computer that has the recovery disk software, and just=20 Install the xp home software on it's own, without the other things on the=20 recovery disk. You know me better than that man, Billy ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 7:14 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: xp home? Hi Billy, Running the same version of XP on two system is illegal. And encouraging illegal software use is a taboo subject here. Sorry, George. -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of TrueBlue & Proud Sent: 13 May 2007 18:57 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] xp home? hi guys, is it possible for someone to Install windows xp home from a recovery disk. The person in question, doesn't want to Install the whole recovery disk, but=3D20 just to be able to copy the OEM xp home onto a disk, and then Install xp=3D20 onto another computer system in her home. Billy=3D20 ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3D3Dunsubscrib e] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3D3Dfaq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition.=3D20 Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.7.0/801 - Release Date: 12/05/2007 18:40 =3D20 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition.=3D20 Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.7.0/801 - Release Date: 12/05/2007 18:40 =3D20 ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3Dunsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3Dfaq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq __________ NOD32 2261 (20070511) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3Dunsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3Dfaq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition.=20 Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.7.0/801 - Release Date: 12/05/2007 18:40 =20 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition.=20 Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.7.0/801 - Release Date: 12/05/2007 18:40 =20 ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq