You can also get a hold of Microsoft's 'Spare Parts' department of customer service to order replacement media. It just has to be the same architecture (32 or 64 bit) and same distribution chanel (retail, OEM, volume license).
If you purchased a copy of Windows seperately, you can borrow a disc from someone else. ***ĭid Windows come pre-installed on the computer or did you buy it seperately? I mention this because I have seen countless people reinstall without backing up only to realize all their carefully collected pictures of lol cats are lost forever. *** Side note: Before reinstalling Windows, back up any data you have as reinstalling will erase it.
