How can I install hardware if I no longer have my Windows XP CD?

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my friend asked me to fix his kids computer hmm simple virus no...well it had the blue screen and no installation cd it has a serial on the side for windows xp home edition and 256 ram. Ever try to download an xp installation cd impossible 24 hours later mininova no, ares no, help!! When i swapped hard drives for an old 98 i have the drivers would not recognise the ethernet card so I cant get onto internet that way. After one full day by now i will pay for another upgrade !!!!!

I have a pc that needs a fresh installation cd.
Has anyone any recommendations for where do we get them?
Any links etc would be appreciated.
Also some knowledge on Iso image file as i believe in order to make it bootable it must be an iso?

See this is all fine and well unless your replacing the motherboard and memory.YES replacing the memory not adding some.The recovery cd/dvd you make, when your factory made scam machine with OEM windows tells you to, when you turn it on, is not a windows installation cd/dvd.It only installs based on the factory registered memory, if your memory is changed then you need to borrow someone elses full version cd with there key, to install, then change it back to your key.
With a most likely illegal however totally nessacary program, before getting updates or you wont get em.Why should we buy windows again?We paid for it with our pc, if we decide to upgrade the memory then we have to pay off more of bill gates yacht?I dont think so.....

Hi.I have a home pc and a laptop.I done a stupid thing when i was restoring my laptop and pulled the battery off as the restore was taking to long and now i keep getting a message saying "STOP: (unable to locate commane)
This application has failed to start because winsrv was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem".what does that mean and both computers came with windows xp installed on them so what am i too do?????Please help me as i need my laptop for tafe and it has all my disabled daughters information time tables on my laptop as we use it for the pediatrician visits and speech therapy.

My problem: I deleted the content of folder c:\windows\driver cache\i386 and now (after some time) I accidentaly uninstalled my printer. Now I installed printer back (from my original CD) and the instalation process went without problems. But when I print a document, the printer doesn't print it. I managed to print test page directly from printer, but not from my PC.

Could this problem be connected with my deleting of i386 folder? How to fix it (I don't have the XP CD)?

I have a satelite Laptop (L15 S104)and windows xp home edition was preinstalled on it. My computer crashed and states the following; Windows could not start because of an error in the software. Please report this problem as: load needed DLLs for kernel. Please contact your support person to reprort this problem.

Can you please tell me how to resolve this problem without a cd rom?

Thank you for your anticipated cooperation.

I have an old computer that broke one day,i got an Windows Vista,but i want my XP back,i need to reinstallation Windows Xp on the old computer,but i don't have an CD..and i don't have the file backed up anywhere,so i Do need an Cd..here is my question,Where do i get one? i don't have an "friend" to get one from,i looked around on the web and i see some for $100.00 or $50.00 but i'm not sure if that is the right price..do they really cost that much? and were is the best place to get on? Thank you

Hi, I need to know if any one can tell me is A Gateway ATX Tower BRO Essential 566c can handle Windows xp, Mine has Windows 98 right now the system has never been upgraded, I would like to put Windows xp on it but do not know how to do it or where i could find the hardware to upgrade it, ANy advice??

I reinstalled my Windows XP and i don't have sound. I can't install drivers of my soun card. Why? Thx

I can't get on my computer at all. My gateway won't let me past the windows activation screen and I don't have the cd or activation id. I need to know how to download this information to my pc somehow and transfer it to another pc.

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