David Sewell wrote:
I purchased a win xp home oem disk, at only just pennies short of retail
edition price, from the supplier that supplied me with items I used to build
my own system. I already have win 95 and win 98 upgrade purchases from now
dead previous pc's. So, if my motherboard fails, am I right in assuming I
am supposed to buy a new motherboard


If the original is out of warranty, certainly. Unless you know someone
that's giving away motherboards?



and another copy of win xp,



No, of course not. Where'd you ever get such a silly idea?


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