I have two identical laptops, bought new at the same time -- HP Pavilion
ZE5375US.

Thus I have two complete sets of Restore discs, including the Windows XP
Home restoration disc.

I now need to restore one of the laptops to the original out-of-the-factory
condition.

But I don't know which set of discs goes with which laptop?

They look identical. Does it matter which I use?

No, in this case it doesn't matter. If the laptops were different
models, it might matter. But since they are the same, it doesn't.
Unless there was a revision by HP in the software load, the two sets of
CDs will be identical anyway. If there was a revision, they might have
some differences in them, but either should still work ok. A "purist"
might put the CDs into a computer and look at the file dates to see
which was the later of the two if they were different (however,
depending on what changed and why, there might be a reason for
preferring the earlier one).

Ray wrote:
> I have two identical laptops, bought new at the same time -- HP Pavilion
> ZE5375US.
>
> Thus I have two complete sets of Restore discs, including the Windows XP
> Home restoration disc.
>
> I now need to restore one of the laptops to the original out-of-the-factory
> condition.
>
> But I don't know which set of discs goes with which laptop?
>
> They look identical. Does it matter which I use?
>
>

Thanks Barry -- I thought that would be the case.

"Barry Watzman" <WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
news:45a7024f$0$5798$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
> No, in this case it doesn't matter. If the laptops were different models,
> it might matter. But since they are the same, it doesn't. Unless there
> was a revision by HP in the software load, the two sets of CDs will be
> identical anyway. If there was a revision, they might have some
> differences in them, but either should still work ok. A "purist" might
> put the CDs into a computer and look at the file dates to see which was
> the later of the two if they were different (however, depending on what
> changed and why, there might be a reason for preferring the earlier one).
>
> Ray wrote:
>> I have two identical laptops, bought new at the same time -- HP Pavilion
>> ZE5375US.
>>
>> Thus I have two complete sets of Restore discs, including the Windows XP
>> Home restoration disc.
>>
>> I now need to restore one of the laptops to the original
>> out-of-the-factory condition.
>>
>> But I don't know which set of discs goes with which laptop?
>>
>> They look identical. Does it matter which I use?