XP burned "Restore" disc - what does it include?

The cd I have includes XP with the correct drivers on it..

Never checked the burned one out (I burned one too), but I suspect it will restore you laptop to exactly the way it arrived.

No it wont.
None of the aplications will be there.

Thats good news

There is a "value added" directory. I think that lets you manually install that crap. I had Dell send me a windows xp pro cd anyway. I dont trust a cdr disk as my only install option. They were very nice about it.

Regards,

Artuk

I just recieved my Media Center OS disk I requested.Also recieved two other disks.
One is for reinstalling system software(device drivers and diagnostics-utilities),
the other for reinstalling tools software(antivirus,support,multimedia and internet software).
I am not very comfortable with reformatting due to the fact im not sure of all the drivers I will need to download.Is it difficult? Can I use the other disks or is that just putting the same crap on there as before? Is there a list of drivers that need to be downloaded?
I just dont want to end up with a non working laptop.

Thanks in advance for any help

For those who want to know, the Burned CD will put windows back on with the hardware. The increase in speed is simply amazing.

I would whole heartedly recommend Requesting your discs from dell then when you get confirmation they are on the way, burn a windows disc. When you get your cd's in the mail use the burned disc and reinstall windows. I deleted my 5 gig partition because I now have the resources to install to the best performance, which is not what that partition has on it. I put back on the media experience with the dell shipped discs. NOTE: The burned disc will not contain the media experience or other software, you need to request them from dell. You should have recieved your dvd and such disc when you got your laptop.

The computer is now set up with three partitions. The original windows partition was deleted and I regained two gigs from deleting useless demo software. Bah. They should put that creap on a cd and let the user choose to put it on like an interactive cd that tells you about the product and the actual cost if you go out and buy it. Anyway, the second partition is my main backup and storage partition which registers as drive d. The thrid partition is a linux partition runing Xandros Beta >>> and on a 40 gig hardrive I have lots of additional room. The performance is much better and the dell specs on the window deco is finally gone, (simply put it the minimize/maximize/close window buttons look terrible with the default load from dell, plus there is no way to configure it away.)
Eric