Originally Posted by
jaydee1445
If they have the COA hologram intact buy or download a oem install disk. A quick search of Ebay completed auction show XP professional sells for as little as $19.95
What you are suggesting is illegal. The only way you can reinstall the operating system when all you have is the COA is to call the manufacturer of the computer and buy a recovery disk. Or you can use backup image on a hard drive.
We are a Microsoft registered refurbisher. In order to put an operating system on a computer we had to invest in special imaging hardware and software. All computers we refurb have a new COA affixed and come with all documentation and a hologram oem install disk. It costs $30+ in software per install from our distributor to do it legitimately. These discounted copies of XP/7 are only available to us as a licensed refurbisher.
The only option besides the ones listed above are to buy a new sealed genuine copy of the OS with product key and COA. It is also illegal to take a hard drive with OS installed out of another computer and install it into one without. Under Microsoft's regulations the operating system and license or only valid on the hardware they were originally installed on.
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