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

[Wm. Stewart]

They are now not shipping CD's but putting the complete OS on a hidden
partition - a big blue piece of paper in the box will tell you the details.
  There is a key sequence in start-up that will rebuild your system if
needed.  You can also request the CD's and they will provide.  But
really... why would you want that proprietary and virus ridden piece of
spaghetti ware - get Ubuntu!


Qiuli Han 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
>