Gordon said:
I have an Acer F1 desktop that came with a Restore CD. That CD is damaged
and will not run. (Acer require £50 for a replacement). As I have an OEM
Product Key, will any OEM XP Pro Cd work? (ie like one off EBay for
example)? And yes I have all the Acer-specific drivers on another CD that I
created from their website...
An unbranded, generic OEM CD for the same version (WinXP Pro vs. WinXP
Home vs. WinXP MCE) should work with the OEM Product Key that you have.
However, getting a legitimate license of any kind, or even the product
pictured, from eBay is something of a crap shoot. One should be very
careful buying any software on eBay, as eBay makes no prior effort to
ensure that such sales are legitimate. The problems stem from two
completely different sources, but have the same results: the buyer gets
ripped off. A great many people don't fully understand the terms of the
license they own, and don't understand that they cannot legitimately
resell it, and - worse still - there are a great many sellers who do
know that they're selling bogus licenses. eBay reacts only when someone
files a complaint, and then all that really happens, especially in the
case of the many deliberate fraudsters, is the seller of the pirated
software returns using a different alias, to continue selling
illegitimate licenses.
You have better luck to check any local used computer shops or computer
fairs in your area, so you can actually see and verify what you're getting.
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