need windowsxp home edition after MB replacement

[Guest]

all i have is an image of windowsxp home edition. apparently image looking
for specific vendor or config setup. i have a product key but do not have a
stand alone copy of windowsxp home edition. i don't think i should have to
buy an entire new disk. how do i find or download a copy?

 

[Gordon]

all i have is an image of windowsxp home edition. apparently image
looking
for specific vendor or config setup. i have a product key but do not have
a
stand alone copy of windowsxp home edition. i don't think i should have
to
buy an entire new disk. how do i find or download a copy?

If that's what came with your machine, then contact your vendor on how to
use it......you /should/ just boot from the CD and it /should/ just do it's
own thing....

 

[DL]

Perhaps your image, from the PC supplier?, is bios locked to the origonal
hardware

You cannot download a copy, if your PC vendor wont help, your are left
trying to source an OEM copy of winxp

 

[Bruce Chambers]

all i have is an image of windowsxp home edition. apparently image looking
for specific vendor or config setup.

Not unusual; that's an extra step many OEMs take to combat piracy.

i have a product key but do not have a
stand alone copy of windowsxp home edition. i don't think i should have to
buy an entire new disk.

You've very little choice, unless you obtained the replacement
motherboard from the PC's original manufacturer. You might be able to
find and use an unbranded, generic OEM installation CD that will work
with your Product Key. If not, you'll have to purchase a new license.

how do i find or download a copy?

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.
You need to contact the computer's manufacturer.


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Bruce Chambers

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