windows xp recovery disks

[jane]

hiya all,
i have bought a new pc with windows xp on it. it didnt come with an xp disc as it was already installed, im told i have to go to the compaq make cd recovery disks, but it says i can only do this once! yiykes so if i mess up im stuffed! i bought some disks datawrite 52x silver premium 80 cd-r which were £4 for 20 are these good enough or am i risking it and should get some other expensive ones? if so which ones do you recommend
thanks from jane

[Paul K]

How does the process work? Does it send the file directly to the cd burner or do you download the files and then burn them?
Those cd's should be fine but make sure you haven't got anything un-necessary running in the background (games etc) that might cause burn problems.

[jane]

as far as i know it sends them directly to disk

[handyman]

It will no doubt be similar to the packard bell way.

It makes like a norton ghost of your settings and spits out 2-3 cd's for a master reset. though most times a floppy disk is required.

Trouble is I like a nice clean install of my os and this does not allow it.

What a load of old tosh it is coz we bought a HP computer and it came with xp home sp2 disk included and a system restore disk.

Originally Posted by handyman

It will no doubt be similar to the packard bell way.

It makes like a norton ghost of your settings and spits out 2-3 cd's for a master reset. though most times a floppy disk is required.

Trouble is I like a nice clean install of my os and this does not allow it.

What a load of old tosh it is coz we bought a HP computer and it came with xp home sp2 disk included and a system restore disk.

Least it come with a disc and a clean install was an option for you

OP if you have any problems and you can not get the discs to set it up,it may be best to use a program like everest to identfy your hardware then buy a cheap oem version of windows and do a clean install anyway

I feel its out of order that these recovery packs are not supplied when the pc is bought let alone the fact you never get your hands on a copy of xp

When I supply a new pc it comes complete with dos norton ghost recovery,a godsend to one and all