Dear cblanck,

I'm sorry to hear that your son passed away at such a tender age. My take is, your laptop might be faulty but the hard disk may still be fine. You may attempt to remove its hard disk...

I know that this will go into the area of copyright infringement that's why I did not specifically state any methods to get the ISO. However, I believe that as long as you bought the software, even...

You could try that. Alternatively you could search for a torrent that gives you an ISO for the Windows XP CD. Then you can burn that out for your use. So long as you have a legal CD-Key, you own the...

What nizzy1115 said is true, you could use any Windows XP CD to do this. But if you don't then I guess you will have to do with traditional servicemen. But really now, you don't have a Windows XP CD...

Hi Teck, I've encountered this problem you faced before and it is surprisingly easy to fix (unless you have a hard disk that is already failing). You will need your Windows XP CD to do this.

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