You'll need to get a replacement of your original Windows XP CD
unless someone else's CD is exactly the same type as your lost CD.
You can only use your original Product Key and not someone else's.
If your Product Key is not accepted when using someone else's CD,
then you'll know you cannot use that particular CD.
How to Replace Lost, Broken, or Missing Microsoft Software or Hardware
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[ln];326246
"Operating System Not Found" Error Message When You Start the Computer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;321626&Product=winxp
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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
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"tom y" wrote:
|I got a message concerning the Windows program could not
| be found. I have XP home, and it said to try to fix it by
| inserting the original Windows startup disc, which I do
| not seem to have anymore. Can I use someone else's, or am
| I screwd?
|
| thanks
