Gordon

"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 07:46:30 +0100, "Gordon"
> <gbplinux@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
>
>> "Plato" <|@|.|> wrote in message
>> news:46aea700$0$211$bb4e3ad8@newscene.com...
>> > =?Utf-8?B?Qy1NMG4zeQ==?= wrote:
>> >>
>> >> ...to download a copy of windws from the net that doesnt come with
>> >> akey(i
>> >> want to use the one i purchased, but i sat on the cd...)
>> >
>> > Stupid idea. Buy a real, officail copy of the OS you want to use and
>> > use
>> > that for best results.
>> >
>>
>> Now that's also fairly dumb. As it's the KEY that is the essential
>> possession not the CD, all the OP has to do is find a friend with the
>> same
>> type of Windows CD(generic OEM, Retail etc etc) and make a copy of it....
>
>
> That's assuming that he actually has a legal key. Maybe he has, but
> I'm certainly suspicious (as I suspect Plato is too).
>

Well if his key isn't genuine then he'll find out fairly rapidly! However if
it IS genuine, then my suggestion stands - I did it myself when my Acer
restore disks failed to boot on the second time of use and Acer wanted £50
for replacements....