NO WINDOWS XP CD!!! what should i do...

[Katree]

Hello, I was just given this computer by my uncle and it
didn't come with the installation cd... I keep trying to
install different things on here and it wont let me. How
am I supposed to download the service packs with out
having the original CD?

 

[Perdita X. Dream]

Hello, I was just given this computer by my uncle and it
didn't come with the installation cd... I keep trying to
install different things on here and it wont let me. How
am I supposed to download the service packs with out
having the original CD?

Err, ask your uncle for the CD? The windows installation is illegal without
it. It may not have a CD (though if it's prompting for it, then it's highly
likely that it did). Your uncle has no rights to the CD now he's parted with
the system - it could very well be BIOS locked and he couldn't use it on any
other system anyway.

In short - the answer's obvious, ask your uncle for the disc.


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