new xp home edition disc?

[joel]

i need to reinstall xp on my computer and cant find a download on microsofts
site?

 

[Rich Barry]

Joel, you will have to purchase a retail version of XP Home if want to
reinstall it on your computer. Did the computer come with XP installed on
it? If yes, give the make and model.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

i need to reinstall xp on my computer and cant find a download on
microsofts site?

You shouldn't/wouldn't unless you are a Technet or MSDN subscriber.

Windows XP Home Edition, if it came with your computer or was purchased
later, should be on a CD (or - for some OEMs - on a recovery partition of
the hard disk drive.) You should have said CD (or recovery partition) in
your possession and likely should have made a backup copy of it for safe
keeping (as well as the other pertinent information - like the product key.)

Did you lose yours (lose the CD, erase the recovery partition, not make a
backup copy, cannot read/no longer have the product key?)

 

[joel]

yes it did. its a dell demension 2400. it has the xp code sticker on the
tower. was hoping i could download the program and still use that code?

 

[joel]

sorry for the confusion. i lost the cd that came with the computer when i
bought it but it still has the product key sticker on the tower.

 

[Leroy]

You'll have to order the Dell Windows XP Reinstallation CD:
http://support.dell.com/support/top...ackupcd_form?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&redirect=1

 

[Shenan Stanley]

i need to reinstall xp on my computer and cant find a download on
microsofts site?

You shouldn't/wouldn't unless you are a Technet or MSDN subscriber.

Windows XP Home Edition, if it came with your computer or was
purchased later, should be on a CD (or - for some OEMs - on a
recovery partition of the hard disk drive.) You should have said
CD (or recovery partition) in your possession and likely should
have made a backup copy of it for safe keeping (as well as the
other pertinent information - like the product key.)

Did you lose yours (lose the CD, erase the recovery partition, not
make a backup copy, cannot read/no longer have the product key?)

sorry for the confusion. i lost the cd that came with the computer
when i bought it but it still has the product key sticker on the
tower.

Seeing elsewhere in this conversation, you state this is a Dell - you can
try and contact them for a replacement CD - or if you have a
friend/relative/neighbor/co-worker/etc who has a generic OEM version of the
Windows XP Home Edition CD - this should work with your product key -
although your best bet is contacting Dell.

(Make a backup copy of the CD when you do get one this time. I like to tape
them inside the computer case itself - for safe keeping.)

No confusion on my part... I just gave what information I could based on
what you had given so far. ;-)

 

[Ron Badour]

I have used the URL Leroy provided several times to order system CDs from
Dell. You have to be the registered owner of the PC and can order it on
line.

--
Regards

Ron Badour
MS MVP
Windows Desktop Experience