XP future usage?

[wishforanwers]

I have an laptop running XP that came with the unit. I lost the partition
with the backup. The laptop company will not take money orders for a
replacement CD, and I do not have a credit card. Is there a way to download a
copy of XP home, by using the Microsoft product number code that in on the
bottom of my computer?

If I purchase a retail version of XP, and re-install it on this computer,
and at some point in the future, if Microsoft no longers supports it, and I
decide to junk this machine, could I load the aforemention retail version
into an new computer provided I pay for the licence fee for the next computer?

 

[peter]

Providing you do not purchase an OEM copy of XP once you delete it from one
system you are
free to install it on another system...no new license required.

peter

 

[Lil' Dave]

I have an laptop running XP that came with the unit. I lost the partition
with the backup. The laptop company will not take money orders for a
replacement CD, and I do not have a credit card. Is there a way to
download a
copy of XP home, by using the Microsoft product number code that in on the
bottom of my computer?

There's other methods of moving money other than credit/debit cards and
money orders. Did you attempt to try these with the vendor? Western Union
and checking account bank draft come to mind immediately for me.

OEMs carry their own version of MS XP. You have to ask them.

If I purchase a retail version of XP, and re-install it on this computer,
and at some point in the future, if Microsoft no longers supports it, and
I
decide to junk this machine, could I load the aforemention retail version
into an new computer provided I pay for the licence fee for the next
computer?

Yes you can move a retail version of XP to another laptop or PC. There is
no license fee. That's only applicable to OEM generic if they determine its
on another PC/laptop, if you want to be honest with MS about it that is. MS
will flag your activation on a new platform if they determine excessive
hardware changes in the generic OEM case and may more likely to question it.
Retail, they just make you reactivate and you're done. In either case, you
can't use the previously installed version of XP that you may have failed to
"trash".
--
Dave

CDOs are how we got here.
A modified version, new taxes in the future, is how Congress will get us
out?