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I have lost my windows xp cd and need files to intall from the cd. Can i
download patches or anything from the internet?
 
I have lost my windows xp cd and need files to intall from the cd. Can i
download patches or anything from the internet?
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If it's a retail copy then contact Microsoft for a replacement.
How to Replace Lost, Broken, or Missing Microsoft Software or Hardware
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=326246

If it's an OEM copy contact the vendor from whom you purchased it.

Another option is if you know someone who has the same type of XP
installation CD, make a copy of theirs. There is nothing unique about the
CD. It just has to match the type of CD key you have, Home v Pro, Full v.
Upgrade, Retail v generic OEM and branded OEM, and language version.
 
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I have lost my windows xp cd and need files to intall from the cd. Can i
download patches or anything from the internet?
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One should always have at hand a CD for the OS they want to continue to
use.
 
Alec said:
I have lost my windows xp cd and need files to intall from the cd. Can i
download patches or anything from the internet?
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The technical word for this is "screwed." Time to buy a new copy...
 
Bob said:
Why buy a new copy, when the media can be aquired?
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Even if you do have a legitimate copy of Windows, it's nigh-impossible to
get new media out of Microsoft without paying for it in my experience.
This problem is largely what motivated me to move primarily to Linux in
1996: Installation floppies for Windows 95 stopped working, and I couldn't
get new legitimate install media.

Since I made that switch, I've only had one other Windows license (XP) and I
got that for free a couple years back. Previous employer had some obscure
program that only had a windows version that they needed me to use in the
field, and I told them I wasn't about to go buy a copy of Windows for my
laptop on my dime after being alienated as a customer years prior, and
wouldn't run software I didn't have a legal license to use, so they gave me
$350 to cover gas, Windows, and lost productivity associated with dealing
with Windows for the rest of that project.
 
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