XP Pro OEM CD

[tom]

Intel Celeron 2.00Ghz
256 meg ram
40 gig HD

A friend of mine got a nice Dell computer from a yard sale or someplace and
it doesnt have any of the software on it or with it. There is a sticker on
the top that has Windows XP Pro and the Product Key and some other numbers.
Is there anything she can do to get another XP operating system? I will call
Dell tomorrow when their Customer Care dept opens, but I thought I would ask
in this newsgroup too. Hopefully there is an option that will not cost her
too much money. Thanks for any help and suggestions.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Contact Dell Support and request a Dell Windows XP Reinstallation CD.

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| Intel Celeron 2.00Ghz
| 256 meg ram
| 40 gig HD
|
| A friend of mine got a nice Dell computer from a yard sale or someplace and
| it doesnt have any of the software on it or with it. There is a sticker on
| the top that has Windows XP Pro and the Product Key and some other numbers.
| Is there anything she can do to get another XP operating system? I will call
| Dell tomorrow when their Customer Care dept opens, but I thought I would ask
| in this newsgroup too. Hopefully there is an option that will not cost her
| too much money. Thanks for any help and suggestions.

 

[GreenieLeBrun]

Intel Celeron 2.00Ghz
256 meg ram
40 gig HD

A friend of mine got a nice Dell computer from a yard sale or someplace and
it doesnt have any of the software on it or with it. There is a sticker on
the top that has Windows XP Pro and the Product Key and some other numbers.
Is there anything she can do to get another XP operating system? I will call
Dell tomorrow when their Customer Care dept opens, but I thought I would ask
in this newsgroup too. Hopefully there is an option that will not cost her
too much money. Thanks for any help and suggestions.

If Dell are unable to supply a replacement CD then your friends only
other options are purchase a new retail version of XP or eBay where you
MAY just MAY be able to find a CD for that specific Dell computer as
the Dell key will most probably not work with any other CDs except
those that were supplied with that model.

 

[DL]

how on earth do you know its a nice pc if its not working?

 

[Brian Wescombe]

If Dell are unable to supply a replacement CD then your friends only
other options are purchase a new retail version of XP or eBay where you
MAY just MAY be able to find a CD for that specific Dell computer as
the Dell key will most probably not work with any other CDs except
those that were supplied with that model.

A generic unbranded (MS holographic) OEM Pro CD should work

 

[LSCS]

Find a freind with the same dell, use their OEM XP, Reinstall USE THE KEY
FROM YOUR DELL. WORKS EVERY TIME!

 

[tom]

I am able to get into the setup menu and it gives some system information. I
could see it has a 2.0 ghz, 256 megs of ram, a 40 gig hard drive, a zip
drive, and 400mhz bus speed. According to that it appears to be better than
the system i have. I was able to get all the codes, so i am hoping Dell will
send new restore discs this week.