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i wanna reinstall the OS of my notebook which is a windows xp. i still have the product key intact. how do i redownload an authentic windows xp?
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Download the manual from official manufacturer web site, it should tell you how to restore the OS from the restore partition on the hard drive if there is one.
wish you were able to get it worked out!
FWIW, I've used generic OEM CDs to reinstall Windows XP on countless commercial OEM machines (Dell, HP, Gateway, ad nauseum...) Never had an issue. The only caveat is that you need to have the version (pre/post SP2) which matches your key (yours is almost certainly post-SP2). See if a local shop/friend might lend you a disk; XP is so out of date, they might just give you one so that they don't have to toss it out.
i still have the key intact. btw it doesn't have a optical drive (a small notebook) i think it prefers a USB boot rather than an external optical drive..