I have a laptop with an inbuilt fax modem. I deleted the fax files I believe when I was in the Control Panel removing / ADDING windown COMPONENT. I checked on the Fax box hoping to restore the fax function. THen it asked me to insert  XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 CD. I got this laptop from someone and I was not given the Pack 2 CD - Is there other way I can GET the fax modem to work? are there other ways to get teh fax files from somewhere.. ANy suggestions would be appreciated thank you kindlyHow old is the laptop?  What brand?  Do you have any data on it yet?  It would be helpful if you can give us more information.

Alan <><

Hello

thanks for trying to help. I have an Acer laptop (Aspire 3500 1.4 GHZ - Aspire 3502NLC1 I got it December of last year.

I'm not sure about Acer, but they may have a partition that has all the files to do a complete install on the existing hard drive.  When you go into My Computer do you see C:\ & D:\, or just C:\?

Try doing a system restore prior to the date you removed the fax files.  Go to Start/Programs/Accessories/System Tools/System Restore & choose a restore point.

Another option is tf it does have that D:\ partition, reboot the computer, look for something on the screen that allows you to REINSTALL Windows (like F2 ,F12 or something) and do a restore.

Alan <><  My laptop has two drives C (hard drive) and D (i.e. DVD/CD drive).  I will one of the options you mentioned. ThanksAn Acer comes with a set of restore CD's. You can not install individual files from these. If you do not have the 3-5 CD set you cannot reinstall Windows either.