HP still fully supports Windows XP and likely has the recovery CD available.
It was $10 plus postage the last time I checked. Try the HP website for
info.

HH

"Rod & Betty Jo" wrote in message
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> I have a Aunt who failed to make a CD/DVD copy of her recovery files(XP).
> Well her Harddrive is on its way out, it won't boot and the smart drive
> feature warns of imminent failure. I slaved the drive into my system and
> was able to save most of her personal stuff including the original
> harddrive partition with the XP CD disk creation stuff......The
> harddive/PC is apparently around a 2002 model and I'm not sure if HP still
> offers replacement disks as I'm yet to find them on their web site, do
> they normally support it out 5-6 years? If so is the cost reasonable?
>
> Is it possible to use or run the original "replacement disk" partition
> without a working HP WinXP install? Any other solutions? Thanks Rod
>