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Need W2K Pro CD, have OEM key...

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Name: Marlboro Cowboy Cub
Date: July 24, 2006 at 20:17:35 Pacific
Subject: Need W2K Pro CD, have OEM key...
OS: W2K Pro
CPU/Ram: Celeron 500/256
Manufacturer/Model: Fujitsu Stylistic 3500 Ta
Comment:

I have a system with an OEM license key on a sticker on the bottom, but W2K is damaged, and I didn't get any CDs with it when I bought it.

The system is out of warranty according to Fujitsu, and they want an outreagous fee for the reinstall discs. I'd prefer not to pay what they're asking, plus I want a plain W2K Pro CD with no SPs or cusomization, which I wouldn't get from Fujitsu.

I've searched a couple BitTorrent sites, but the only versions I found were customized versions with components removed.

Other than eBay, Froogle, and CraigsList, does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks!



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Response Number 1
Name: inverto
Date: July 25, 2006 at 00:51:43 Pacific
Reply:

The Fujitsu may have actually only offered a Recovery CD, that is not the same as a OEM CD.

Manufacturers quite often customise to suit there PC's.

It is feasible that there is a hidden partition on your Hard Drive which may contain the Original O/S Image


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Response Number 2
Name: Dirty_Sanchez
Date: July 28, 2006 at 16:11:03 Pacific
Reply:

As stated above, go to disk managment and look for a small installation partition. Maybe this is a good time to upgrade to XP Tablet Ed so you can get ful fuctionality. Your machine will run it fine


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