XP Home SP2 Retel

[civicaccordhond]

my windows xp disk got cracked :( and i need to reinstall windows
is there any place i can get a copy of the disk? i dont need a key or anything just the disk or .iso

[deddard]

Is it a full retail or an oem disk?
I think MS will replace the disk if you give them your details, but there is a charge.

[mjc]

Maybe...I have heard of MS replacing broken disks with proof of purchase (that generally means a receipt for the retail version).

[civicaccordhond]

it is full retail the receipt is long gone by now

[mjc]

If you bought it online, the place you bought if from may still have a record...Newegg still has records of my orders from years ago.

[Paul Komski]

If its not too badly cracked you might still be able to copy the i386 folder from it; that is all you need to reinstall winxp using winnt (http://www.iol.ie/%7Ekrakowangus/winnt.htm) or winnt32.

Any CD of the same version borrowed from anywhere should do the trick. It is much more important to have your own CDKey than your own original physical CD.

[mjc]

If you can copy the i386 folder intact, then you can even slipstream (http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sp2_slipstream.asp) SP2 into it to create a new disk...

[ride2slow]

That is VERY useful info to me btw. Thanks

[civicaccordhond]

it wont play at all it is cracked all the way tho the center almost in 2 :(

[Budfred]

I would contact MS and find out if they would be willing to send you a good copy if you send them the damaged disk and the CD Key...

[civicaccordhond]

its ok i got a friend to make me a copy :D