I have a legal license key, where can I download XP Professional?

[Guest]

I have a legal license key of XP Pro from Penn State. The XP Pro installation
that came with it is faulty. Can I download another copy of XP Pro from
Microsoft and use my license key during that installation?

 

[Malke]

I have a legal license key of XP Pro from Penn State. The XP Pro installation
that came with it is faulty. Can I download another copy of XP Pro from
Microsoft and use my license key during that installation?

You cannot download XP legally from anywhere unless you have a TechNet
or MSDN subscription.

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


Malke

 

[Guest]

You cannot download XP legally from anywhere unless you have a TechNet
or MSDN subscription.

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


Malke
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Yes, I am a member of MSDN Academic Alliance, through Penn State. How do I
download another copy of XP Pro?

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

If you got the key and defective CD from Penn State, ask them to
replace the defective CD.

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Then contact the person a Penn State that you got Windows XP From.
They will have the appropriate accounts and passwords.

Or if you have the appropriate information:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-ca/subscriptions/default.aspx
On the right side, click the download section.

 

[Guest]

If you got the key and defective CD from Penn State, ask them to
replace the defective CD.

They don't have actual cd's to give out. My Penn State professor set us all
up with an MSDN Academic Alliance membership where we have a selection of
certain softwares to get for free. The XP Pro ISO image must be faulty, can I
download a perfect copy from microsoft somewhere and use the license key I
have?

 

[Guest]

If you got the key and defective CD from Penn State, ask them to
replace the defective CD.

I'll just contact Penn State. I was just looking for some info on just
downloading another copy of XP Pro.

 

[LVTravel]

You mentioned an ISO image. Did you copy that ISO image and create a data
CD or did you use a CD burning software and use it to burn the ISO image to
the CD?

In Roxio's Creator Classic it is called "Burn from disk image file". Nero
has something similar but I don't remember exactly what it is called with
their program.

To tell the difference, look at the CD in Explorer. If it is one file
listed with the ISO extension you created a Data CD and not a CD that will
boot XP OS installation. If it has many files including a folder that says
I386, I will then agree the CD is bad. If you still have the ISO image
file, recreate the new CD.

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

You have an ISO image?
Are you trying to boot directly to the ISO?
You can not do that.
First you must use another program such as Nero or ISO Recorder to
burn an image of the ISO:
http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm

 

[Guest]

You mentioned an ISO image. Did you copy that ISO image and create a data
CD or did you use a CD burning software and use it to burn the ISO image to
the CD?

In Roxio's Creator Classic it is called "Burn from disk image file". Nero
has something similar but I don't remember exactly what it is called with
their program.

To tell the difference, look at the CD in Explorer. If it is one file
listed with the ISO extension you created a Data CD and not a CD that will
boot XP OS installation. If it has many files including a folder that says
I386, I will then agree the CD is bad. If you still have the ISO image
file, recreate the new CD.

I first tried burning the ISO to a DVD using DVD Decrypter and then running
it straight from there with the computer still on - no restart. After that
didn't work, I used Daemon Tools to mount the original ISO image. I recieved
the same error.

"An error occurred copying file aepzy4z2.sys to C:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\aepzy4z2.sys.

The file is missing. Contact your system administrator.

You may choose to retry the copy, skip this file, or exit Setup."

 

[LVTravel]

I first tried burning the ISO to a DVD using DVD Decrypter and then
running
it straight from there with the computer still on - no restart. After that
didn't work, I used Daemon Tools to mount the original ISO image. I
recieved
the same error.

"An error occurred copying file aepzy4z2.sys to
C:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\aepzy4z2.sys.

The file is missing. Contact your system administrator.

You may choose to retry the copy, skip this file, or exit Setup."

OK, looks like you created a DVD not a CD using the ISO image. Recommend
using a CD R instead and actually burning the CD. Daemon Tools is a good
product but you are trying to install the OS to a computer, not using an
application program from CD.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I have a legal license key of XP Pro from Penn State. The XP Pro installation
that came with it is faulty. Can I download another copy of XP Pro from
Microsoft and use my license key during that installation?

No. Unless you have a very expensive MSDN subscription (in which case
you wouldn't be asking this question), there are no *legitimate* sources
from which one can download a Microsoft operating system. You'd be wise
to avoid illicit sources, as you're likely to get more (in the terms of
malware and/or mysterious credit card charges) than you bargained for.

Anyway, any Product Key that you received from your university would
most likely have been for an Academic (a.k.a. Students and Teachers)
license. If you're still a student (or faculty member) of Penn State,
simply contact the appropriate department to get a new CD. If you're no
longer affiliated with the school, whether by virtue of graduating,
transferring to another school, or "taking a semester off," that
Academic license (Product Key) is no longer valid.


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