Guest Harry Posted June 16, 2008 Posted June 16, 2008 Hi all, Sorry if this is a stoopid question. I have been given two desktop computers that were each supplied with operating system when new. The Windows licences are valid for just those two machines. The previous owners have since scrapped the two computers, and gave them to me. I have the machines and even the licence, but the previous owner used a hammer and nail to prevent the hard disks being re-used (to protect sensitive information). Q Since I have the computers and the licences, is there any way to get the operating systems installed in these two machines without having to buy two new XP installations? To buy them would cost me SEK3000, which I do not have. At the moment I am running UBUNTU (cos its free), but I would much rather have WinXP running on these two machines. Best regards - Harry
Guest phfjswx@gmail.com Posted June 16, 2008 Posted June 16, 2008 Re: Recover Deleted WinXP On 6ÔÂ16ÈÕ, ÏÂÎç4ʱ56·Ö, Harry <Ha...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > Hi all, > Sorry if this is a stoopid question. I have been given two desktop computers > that were each supplied with operating system when new. The Windows licences > are valid for just those two machines. > > The previous owners have since scrapped the two computers, and gave them to > me. I have the machines and even the licence, but the previous owner used a > hammer and nail to prevent the hard disks being re-used (to protect sensitive > information). > > Q > Since I have the computers and the licences, is there any way to get the > operating systems installed in these two machines without having to buy two > new XP installations? To buy them would cost me SEK3000, which I do not have. > > At the moment I am running UBUNTU (cos its free), but I would much rather > have WinXP running on these two machines. > > Best regards - Harry In China.P.R , people always use piracy windows xp , you may ask some Chinese for help
Guest phfjswx@gmail.com Posted June 16, 2008 Posted June 16, 2008 Re: Recover Deleted WinXP On 6ÔÂ16ÈÕ, ÏÂÎç4ʱ56·Ö, Harry <Ha...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > Hi all, > Sorry if this is a stoopid question. I have been given two desktop computers > that were each supplied with operating system when new. The Windows licences > are valid for just those two machines. > > The previous owners have since scrapped the two computers, and gave them to > me. I have the machines and even the licence, but the previous owner used a > hammer and nail to prevent the hard disks being re-used (to protect sensitive > information). > > Q > Since I have the computers and the licences, is there any way to get the > operating systems installed in these two machines without having to buy two > new XP installations? To buy them would cost me SEK3000, which I do not have. > > At the moment I am running UBUNTU (cos its free), but I would much rather > have WinXP running on these two machines. > > Best regards - Harry just for joking
Guest Big_Al Posted June 16, 2008 Posted June 16, 2008 Re: Recover Deleted WinXP Harry wrote: > Hi all, > Sorry if this is a stoopid question. I have been given two desktop computers > that were each supplied with operating system when new. The Windows licences > are valid for just those two machines. > > The previous owners have since scrapped the two computers, and gave them to > me. I have the machines and even the licence, but the previous owner used a > hammer and nail to prevent the hard disks being re-used (to protect sensitive > information). > > Q > Since I have the computers and the licences, is there any way to get the > operating systems installed in these two machines without having to buy two > new XP installations? To buy them would cost me SEK3000, which I do not have. > > At the moment I am running UBUNTU (cos its free), but I would much rather > have WinXP running on these two machines. > > Best regards - Harry The previous owner didn't give you the CD's ? I guess they might have been a restore partition then. You might contact the Vendor like Dell or whatever. They may send you new CD's for a smaller price than a full retail copy.
Guest HeyBub Posted June 16, 2008 Posted June 16, 2008 Re: Recover Deleted WinXP Harry wrote: > > Q > Since I have the computers and the licences, is there any way to get > the operating systems installed in these two machines without having > to buy two new XP installations? To buy them would cost me SEK3000, > which I do not have. > > At the moment I am running UBUNTU (cos its free), but I would much > rather have WinXP running on these two machines. > Sure, go for it. If the licenses were originally for the retail version, the donors may have transferred the licenses to other machines, so yours may not be valid. You won't know until you ask the original owners - or try activation. I commend you for recognizing Ubuntu is similar to a girl with falsies; when you get there, there's no there there. But that's okay; Linux users are willing to accept a hint of the real thing as a substitute, allowing their imagination (often drug-induced) to fill in the blank spots. At least with XP, you have implants.
Guest VanguardLH Posted June 16, 2008 Posted June 16, 2008 Re: Recover Deleted WinXP "Harry" wrote in <news:AE6275EC-E87B-4D63-8C17-300B43089735@microsoft.com>: > Hi all, > Sorry if this is a stoopid question. I have been given two desktop computers > that were each supplied with operating system when new. The Windows licences > are valid for just those two machines. > > The previous owners have since scrapped the two computers, and gave them to > me. I have the machines and even the licence, but the previous owner used a > hammer and nail to prevent the hard disks being re-used (to protect sensitive > information). > > Q > Since I have the computers and the licences, is there any way to get the > operating systems installed in these two machines without having to buy two > new XP installations? To buy them would cost me SEK3000, which I do not have. > > At the moment I am running UBUNTU (cos its free), but I would much rather > have WinXP running on these two machines. > > Best regards - Harry If the seller (whether you paid or got the computers for free) doesn't not provide the installation media or a recovery image then they did NOT surrender everything required to transfer the license for Windows. If the sellers told you the sale of the computer included the OS then THEY will have to provide you with the means to install that OS. If they promised the OS was included but provided no means to install or recover it then they lied about the sale's conditions regarding what was included in the sale. Tis the problem getting used computers: users claim the OS is included but it really isn't.
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