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I DO have a separate partition (D) on my hard drive that contains the OS and preloaded programs from Compaq. My "Recovery CD" DOES NOT contain these programs or Windows. It merely cleans the hard drive and extracts the programs from the D partition on the HD.
It is Compaq's "QuickRestore" CDs that contain Windows and other programs. Of course, HP did not supply those with my PC, and they are no longer available.
Ah yes, this bad memory is all starting to come back now. The recovery CD merely allows you to use the restore on the D drive. My friend also did not have that QuickRestore CD. That's when I found that newsgroup I gave you and got some info from them. If you would check there, they might just be able to tell you where you can get one. (I don't know that, but it doesn't hurt to ask, does it?)