I picked up a Compaq Presario desktop via a trade on Craigslist. I'd like to run the recovery wizard to burn the system restore CDs, but it has already been run and tells me I can't run it a ...

If the system's that old, the CDROM drive may be crapped up with dust and other junk on the inside to prevent it from reading a CD.<BR><BR>Also, the restore CD's for Compaq's are often compressed ...