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hiredgun · 10-30-2006, 04:08 PM

A friend of mine recently had a hard drive wipe for one reason or another.

She needs to install Windows again. She had a legal copy of XP installed on the machine (a laptop), and she still has her license / cd key (the clever folks at Acer attached it to the laptop itself so you don't lose it).

What she doesn't have is an XP install CD. She claims the laptop didn't come with one, though I told her that's unlikely. In any case, the point is that we don't have one right now. I don't have mine with me either.

Is there a way to help her out? In this circumstance is it legal to seek out a copy of XP floating around on the web in order to install it using her legal cd key? Is there anywhere we can go to get a replacement disc without re-purchasing the OS?

Thanks in advance!

10-30-2006, 04:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
hiredgun Addict	XP Install - but don't have a CD A friend of mine recently had a hard drive wipe for one reason or another. She needs to install Windows again. She had a legal copy of XP installed on the machine (a laptop), and she still has her license / cd key (the clever folks at Acer attached it to the laptop itself so you don't lose it). What she doesn't have is an XP install CD. She claims the laptop didn't come with one, though I told her that's unlikely. In any case, the point is that we don't have one right now. I don't have mine with me either. Is there a way to help her out? In this circumstance is it legal to seek out a copy of XP floating around on the web in order to install it using her legal cd key? Is there anywhere we can go to get a replacement disc without re-purchasing the OS? Thanks in advance! Last edited by hiredgun; 10-30-2006 at 04:15 PM..