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

[Qiuli Han]

thanks everyone, but i think the hidden partition is too later for me
i just formatted the whole hard drive without look at the partition
table and installed Ubuntu
well...i don't think i need that big virus anyway. ubuntu is nice enough!

On 7/5/06, Paul Hearns <gemini_guy_57 at yahoo.ca> wrote:
> if you are making payments you will not get the disc untill it is paid
> for....
>
>
> 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)?
>
> Q
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