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| Thread ID: 40701 | 2003-12-15 06:21:00 | Replacement Microsoft Disks. | Silentlord (3114) | Press F1 |
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| 200722 | 2003-12-15 06:21:00 | Hi Guys Working on a PC for a freind. He bought a second-hand PC Company computer. It's running Windows ME, and with all the pre-installed software (as well as all the other software loaded by the previous owner), it's running quite sluggish and could benefit from a clean install. Herein lies the problem. When he bought it, the previous owner couldn't find the original restore disks. He would like to upgrade to XP Home, but doesn't want to pay the price for the full version, preferring to go with the upgrade price. Problem is, that if he needs to re-install XP at some time in the future, he wouldn't have the original OS to allow the use of the upgrade version of XP. To make a long question out of a short problem, whiat is the best solution...?? (full marks and eternal gratitude will go to anyone who comes up with a solution that doesn't require topping up Micro$ofts coffers for the price of the full version of XP Home...!!!) |
Silentlord (3114) | ||
| 200723 | 2003-12-15 06:26:00 | Buy the oem version of xp,Under $200 ,and to qualify all you have to do is purchase an internal component for a computer(someone mentioned an ide cable...) | metla (154) | ||
| 200724 | 2003-12-15 06:29:00 | Agree with metla. Some places will sell an OEM version with an IDE cable, there is no hard and fast rule on what constitutes "hardware" that qualifies for OEM. I suspect its as cheap if not cheaper than an upgrade as well. |
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| 200725 | 2003-12-15 09:12:00 | if it hasn't be format yet, find the windows cabs, often under windows/optoins. burn them to cd. extract key from windows and write on cd for future use. you then should be able to use an upgrade cd. | tweak'e (174) | ||
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