one of my laptops has had a disc crash. The laptop didn't come with any
backup dvds and the backup partition is corrupt too. The version of xp that I
bought with the laptop is home edition, can I download a version from
anywhere (legally, of course) to load onto the new hard drive I'm going to
buy?

thanks

Matt

Your best option is probably to contact the laptop's manufacturer, and
explain your situation.
They'll likely send you copies of the disc(s) for a nominal fee.
Anything you "download" is likely to be illegal, compromised, or just plain
corrupt.
[The short answer is "NO", you can't download XP from a "legal" source.]

"Matt Howarth" wrote:

> one of my laptops has had a disc crash. The laptop didn't come with any
> backup dvds and the backup partition is corrupt too. The version of xp that I
> bought with the laptop is home edition, can I download a version from
> anywhere (legally, of course) to load onto the new hard drive I'm going to
> buy?
>
> thanks
>
> Matt

If you laptop's manufacturer can't help, there is a small chance that
Microsoft will be able to help you on the situation.

"Script" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1348E91D-B3BB-4556-A6B8-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Your best option is probably to contact the laptop's manufacturer, and
> explain your situation.
> They'll likely send you copies of the disc(s) for a nominal fee.
> Anything you "download" is likely to be illegal, compromised, or just
> plain
> corrupt.
> [The short answer is "NO", you can't download XP from a "legal" source.]
>
> "Matt Howarth" wrote:
>
>> one of my laptops has had a disc crash. The laptop didn't come with any
>> backup dvds and the backup partition is corrupt too. The version of xp
>> that I
>> bought with the laptop is home edition, can I download a version from
>> anywhere (legally, of course) to load onto the new hard drive I'm going
>> to
>> buy?
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> Matt

On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:38:01 -0800, Matt Howarth <Matt
(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> one of my laptops has had a disc crash. The laptop didn't come with any
> backup dvds and the backup partition is corrupt too. The version of xp that I
> bought with the laptop is home edition, can I download a version from
> anywhere (legally, of course)


No.


> to load onto the new hard drive I'm going to
> buy?


Contact the manufacturer of your laptop for instructions on how to
proceed.

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=?Utf-8?B?TWF0dCBIb3dhcnRo?= wrote:
>
> one of my laptops has had a disc crash. The laptop didn't come with any
> backup dvds and the backup partition is corrupt too. The version of xp that I
> bought with the laptop is home edition, can I download a version from
> anywhere (legally, of course) to load onto the new hard drive I'm going to
> buy?

You need to get the restore disk from your laptop maker.

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