I bought a used refurbished laptop on Ebay but it didn’t come with any program disk. Several times I have had the message to insert the WindowsXP disk. What should I do. So far I have been able to get around this just by restarting but that’s bound to not work eventually. The first time I noticed this was when I tried to set it up to receive a fax.
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1 wizardfan26 // Sep 4, 2008
You will need to call Microsoft and ask them to send you a replacement CD to the version of windows your laptop has. Make sure you click my computer and click properties to find out what kind of computer you have
2 V£nk! // Sep 4, 2008
Yes. You need a windows XP disk for further utility installation. First of all check whether its a genuine version of windows XP or not. You can get the cd from your friends or if you ask for a copy of that to the nearest computer vendor, you can get that.
If its a genuine version then you have to ask the serial number for that version from EBAY itself. The serial number matters a lot because windows xp is not a free software. If you have the genuine version you will get the advantage from microsoft.
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3 Lisa // Sep 4, 2008
buy an oem version of windows from a repuable company. such as tigerdirect.com
4 bill b // Sep 4, 2008
You could try ubuntu its free! If you would like to keep the look and feel of XP , you could try kubuntu
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