should we have a hard copy of winXP while we are buying a computer

[Andrew Zajac]

On 7/5/06, Qiuli Han <ivyharry at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone
> i ordered my new dell computer last week and found it in front of my
> door yesterday
> but after i searched everywhere in the box i didn't see a hard copy (a
> disk) of WinXP in there
> well...it has the serial number on the computer case, does this mean i
> can do re-installation of  WinXP by using any disk i find with this
> key?
> OR
> should i have a hard copy of the pre-installed OS (could be any other
> OS beside Windows) i purchased alone with my computer ( of course i
> know i paid the OS while i am reviewing the order list)?

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot
Scroll down to "No windows cd?"


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