I bought my TR in Germany and don’t want WinXP in German, but rather in English. So I downloaded the recovery DVD off eMule and tried it out.

It loaded for a bit and then gave me a message to the effect that it could not continue as the model number is invalid. I assume that means the difference between the American TR1P and my German TR1MP.

Any suggestions?

Alternatively, is there anyone here from the UK who could sell me a copy of their English-language recovery DVD? Or do they not have the same TR1MP model designation?

You will not be able to use any other recovery DVD from though it is the same notebook. The recovery media is created only for your model. So do not spend your time and money on finding an English recovery - it won’t work.
Stan
P.S. I cannot believe eMule would have TR pirated software….bad…

It is model specific.

Your best bet is to install a regular copy of XP then extract the drivers/software you need from the English Recovery CD.

Erik

Many thanks for your responses!

Is the UK designation of the TR also the TR1MP? Looking at some sites, I see that it is. Since my German unit is also a TR1MP, shouldn’t this work? Or does it need to be specifically in German as well? Or is the TR1MP designation sufficient?

I have thought of doing it from scratch with my own version of XP. But since I redo my system on a regular basis, having this on one easy DVD would avoid me a lot of hassle. Any offers from the UK?

[quote author=“VAIOfreak”]P.S. I cannot believe eMule would have TR pirated software….bad…

Why is it worse that it’s TR software? Pirated is pirated, from a moral point of view. Besides, as you pointed out, it’s useless on any other machine, so nobod else will be able to use it who doesn’t already have the real thing.