Re: Need CDs for Windows XP Media Center Edition

Oh and let me add that I have already been in touch with Sony and they are
totally useless in helping provide these OS CDs. Their stance has been to
fall back to the recovery DVDs but as I stated below, this will wipe out my
C-drive which I want to avoid.

"mad NAT'er" <madNAT@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I've got a Sony Vaio laptop which has been working fine the past couple of
years. It runs XP Media Center Edition. I must have picked up a virus or
at least somehow some of the windows files have become corrupt yielding an
unstable system with sometimes frequent explorer.exe errors.

I figure I need to reinstall windows to repair the corrupt files. The
problem is that Sony did not ship the OS discs. They also did not put
them intact on the "hidden" partition on my C-drive. I have made the
recovery DVDs per the Vaio revoery routine but to use them would wipe out
the C-drive and basically start fresh again. To avoid the pain of having
to transfer all data files and then also ultimately reinstall all the apps
I've gotten in the past 2 years, I'd like to just reinstall/repair
Windows. I also tried sfc /scannow but I get to the point where the
system wants me to insert the XP disc and of course I don't have it.

How can I get the XP MCE discs? I have tried to download them on eMule
but the files available there come with various cracks and keygens. I
don't want any of that. I want just the original CDs for this OS. The
product KEY is on a label on the bottom of my laptop. I just need the
discs to reinstall/repair my Windows MCE OS and be doen with it. Any
suggestions?

Thanks in advance.



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