Fitted new MOBO, but no windows CD??

[tigerboyce]

well my pc broke about a week ago and i bought the new MOBO and refitted it and all was fine untill i realised our pc didnt come with a windows CD..

i dont think the pc came with a recovery disk either : ((((((((((((((

how can i reistall (repair) the new hardware drivers etc withought having to reformatt the HDD's? as theres some important office stuff on there that i cant lose

[Oobie-]

http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/...4/m/1400925745

This article/post should help

[dave87]

As long as you've got a legit license, you can use any installation media to install it - even if it is obtained from p2p.

That is ONLY true if you've got a license sticker, and haven't broken any terms of the agreement.

[tigerboyce]

http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/...4/m/1400925745

This article/post should help

good article but i have no way of doing that as it suddenly broke and im now stuck here

As long as you've got a legit license, you can use any installation media to install it - even if it is obtained from p2p.

That is ONLY true if you've got a license sticker, and haven't broken any terms of the agreement.

not sure what you mean.. you mean like limewire? but yes i have the sticker

[Nick Smith]

you just need a CD with the xp install files on it, i have a copied CD with the XP installation files on it from when we re installed XP on one of our old machines after the motherboard broke.

[kidzer]

Yeah, a legit key is what the cost of the OS really is, AFAIK - you pay for the license to run it, repesented as the Product Key, I personally dont see an issue with obtaining an XP CD and reinstall using your key.

[dave87]

Kidzer basically spelled out what I meant, you can use someone elses copy of the disc, or obtain one from Bittorrent etc, as long as you use it with the code from the license sticker

[listy]

you do hower have to make sure you get right version since ms released about 3 or 4 version of windows home/pro

but was thing on these forums about editing file on (windows)cd to convert them to others

[tigerboyce]

yeh i know, i got MCE so im just off to browse bittorrent for one..

thanks for help guys let ya know how i get on..

[tigerboyce]

err this is alot harder than i first thought. what do i actually need to download?

And does anyone have a CD that i could possiblly borrow for a day, il post back by special delivery as soon as i can..

need Windows Media center edition disk sp1 or 2 doesnt matter

[CrazyMonkey]

EDIT: Realised its MCE, dont have any spare of those.. Plenty of Home though :/

[tigerboyce]

bahhh i might aswell just buy one. im getting a new rig in about 3 months for uni so ill just jeep the new key for that

[tigerboyce]

can i use a xp home cd to do it, or if not could i use my liscence and the friends xp home cd to reinstall xp home on my pc with my mce liscence?

[ultimate]

In a word no as the licences are tied to the whatever version they are issued with.

[tigerboyce]

Ok got the CD.s and during the installation, well beore that, just after it goes through setting up process i get this error message:

driver_irql_not_less_or_equal

not sure what it means but im guessing something to do with drivers.

Anyway then the system turns itself off. i try turining on again and then it doesnt do anything and turn off. i guesed this may be a temprature problem so wait a while for it too cool and then restart and go into bois for temps and im getting 70c+ temps which are really high and the damn fan doesnt want to spin even though it is plugged into the slot on the mobo for it.

so now i got two new problems.

any ideas

[tigerboyce]

actually i got my own

repair shop i think..