Re: Need CDs for Windows XP Media Center Edition

mad NAT'er wrote:
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.


Been there. Done that.

Go to Sony's website, let it into your puter, and it will tell you which disks to order. Yah I spent 25 minutes on the phone with the tech support to no avail. Reinstalled WXP Home to get machine up and on internet the Sony tool told me what I needed, ordered it for 21 bucks for full Media Center disks (Sony OEM of course) and away it went.
Really painless if you use the tools available.
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