Help!!! I lost my XP disk

[Guest]

For some unkown reason I had lost my XP disk. Actually I think I
accidentally threw it away. Is there any thing I can do to get another copy
legally? I am afraid I may have to do the obvious and just spend another
$100 to replace it. I have the folder and key code that came with it
originally. I knew I should have burned a backup copy. Any suggestions
would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Rock]

For some unkown reason I had lost my XP disk. Actually I think I
accidentally threw it away. Is there any thing I can do to get another copy
legally? I am afraid I may have to do the obvious and just spend another
$100 to replace it. I have the folder and key code that came with it
originally. I knew I should have burned a backup copy. Any suggestions
would be greatly appreciated!

If it's a retail copy:
How to Replace Lost, Broken, or Missing Microsoft Software or Hardware
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=326246

If it's OEM you'll need to contact the vendor you got it from.

 

[Guest]

That you for the link. I will try to call them in the morning, until then
any other suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[John Butler]

You can buy a second hand legal copy of the original for around $20 from a
number of sites including Amazon\software. Then use it to make a slip
streamed copy using your free SP2 disk see
http://www.winsupersite.com/xpreloaded/
John

 

[Bruce Chambers]

For some unkown reason I had lost my XP disk. Actually I think I
accidentally threw it away. Is there any thing I can do to get
another copy legally? I am afraid I may have to do the obvious and
just spend another $100 to replace it. I have the folder and key
code that came with it originally. I knew I should have burned a
backup copy. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

If it was a retail license and you have proof of purchase:

How to Replace Lost, Broken, or Missing Microsoft Software or Hardware
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;326246

If it was an OEM license, you should contact the computer's
manufacturer.

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Bruce Chambers

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[Rock]

That you for the link. I will try to call them in the morning, until then
any other suggestions would be appreciated.

If you know someone who has a XP disk of the same type as yours, retail
v OEM, Home or Pro, then you can copy their disk. Their is nothing
magical about the disk. It's tied to a certain type of key, not a
specific key, and any key of that type will work with that type of disk.

 

[R.V. Gronoff]

Bytejunkie151 a écrit :

For some unkown reason I had lost my XP disk. Actually I think I
accidentally threw it away. Is there any thing I can do to get another copy
legally? I am afraid I may have to do the obvious and just spend another
$100 to replace it. I have the folder and key code that came with it
originally. I knew I should have burned a backup copy. Any suggestions
would be greatly appreciated!

If you have a genuine keycode, you can copy an XP cd from a friend or at
work, provided it is the same version (Home or Pro) as the one
originally installed on your PC. This CD copy you'll have made will be
like a leggit security copy you *should* have done before losing your
original CD.