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I recently bought a Dell desktop computer at an electronics fair in PA. The
model is an Optiplex SX 260. All I knew about it was it was supposed to work
and the price was right. Replacing my HP tower with the new one, I first
find that the seller had not formatted it, it needed a password and
apparently this computer didn't come with a recovery disc like my HP did.
Working with Dell support, (and he spoke english!) I found that they didn't
have a windows set for 2000 or XP for this. I looked on E-bay and the
sellers for Dell recovery sets say I need a COA code. Now I find that isn't
on this damn thing either!!!. Am I up the creek or not?
Any help is appreciated,
Gerry

gerry gardiner wrote:
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Purchase the OS you want to install on the pc and proceed. XP can be
bought in most office supply/tech stores and/or win98 can be bought on
the internet.

> I recently bought a Dell desktop computer at an electronics fair in PA. The
> model is an Optiplex SX 260. All I knew about it was it was supposed to work
> and the price was right. Replacing my HP tower with the new one, I first
> find that the seller had not formatted it, it needed a password and
> apparently this computer didn't come with a recovery disc like my HP did.
> Working with Dell support, (and he spoke english!) I found that they didn't
> have a windows set for 2000 or XP for this. I looked on E-bay and the
> sellers for Dell recovery sets say I need a COA code. Now I find that isn't
> on this damn thing either!!!. Am I up the creek or not?
> Any help is appreciated,
> Gerry

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"Plato" <|@|.|> wrote in message >
> Purchase the OS you want to install on the pc and proceed. XP can be
> bought in most office supply/tech stores and/or win98 can be bought on
> the internet.

Thanks,
I thought it would ask for the COA code, a code I didn't get with my
"bargain".
Sincerely,
Gerry
>
> > I recently bought a Dell desktop computer at an electronics fair in PA.
The
> > model is an Optiplex SX 260. All I knew about it was it was supposed to
work
> > and the price was right. Replacing my HP tower with the new one, I first
> > find that the seller had not formatted it, it needed a password and
> > apparently this computer didn't come with a recovery disc like my HP
did.
> > Working with Dell support, (and he spoke english!) I found that they
didn't
> > have a windows set for 2000 or XP for this. I looked on E-bay and the
> > sellers for Dell recovery sets say I need a COA code. Now I find that
isn't
> > on this damn thing either!!!. Am I up the creek or not?
> > Any help is appreciated,
> > Gerry
>
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> http://www.bootdisk.com/
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