Some OEMs will send you a Windows disk for a small fee. It doesn't hurt to
ask. The worst that will happen is they say no.

--
Kerry
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca


William B. Lurie wrote:
Kerry Brown wrote:
DL is right. I assumed you had already done a repair install. If you
haven't then this is the problem.

http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

Friends, Repair Install, from the document, is no option
for me. It requires software that just doesn't come with
an OEM OS these days. Thanks for reminding me.