I don't understand what you are trying to do. Retail availability ends in
June but mainstream support continues until April 2009 and extended support
until April 2014. If you need more copies of XP buy them now.

What are you referring to as "system recovery"? If you have XP Home
installed now you should use an imaging program such as Acronis True Image
to make a backup and then store the backup safely.

If you have a computer that you got with Vista preinstalled there is no XP
on it to "recover."

"marjaz77" <gizmo_vic******.com> wrote in message
news:aLidnTKmQ6fVPWvanZ2dnUVZ_sOrnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> BlankSince MS will be discontinuing the Win XP OS by 6/08, is it possible
> to replace the Vista OS on newer PCs w/ Win XP Home OS using the "System
> Recovery"
>
> discs provided by HP; dated 3/2004?? Thanxxxxxx..................Rudy
>
>