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    dx4530 Posts: 37, Reputation: 1
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    Dec 30, 2012, 10:54 AM
    How to rip a copy of the os from a manufacturer recovery cd?
    Hi ,I lost the recovery disk from my acer PC , a friend offered me his recovery cd from Compaq that has the same windows xp home edition operating system how can I rip off the O.S. and use it on my acer PC and put in my original product key that came with my acer system?
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    Dec 30, 2012, 12:01 PM
    You can't. Contact Acer for a replacement disk.
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