How to Download a Windows XP Recovery Disk
- 1). Place a formatted floppy disk in your floppy disk drive. Click on the "Download a Windows XP recovery disk from Microsoft" link in Resources below. Click "Download." Then click "Save." Find your floppy drive on the menu and click "OK."
- 2). Remove the floppy disk when the Windows XP recovery disk download is complete, and place it in the computer on which you need to use it.
- 3). Shut down your computer; then turn your computer back on. Your computer will automatically start up running on the Windows XP recovery disk, which will allow you to install Windows XP once again.
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