To those of you who are advanced users, this will seem like a really dumb question, but I just don't understand it, so here goes:
I see computers for sale by various businesses, etc. that are stripped of everything - no operating system, etc. Many of these older systems have no CD-ROM's, so any software would have to be installed via floppy disks. YOU OBVIOUSLY CAN'T BUY THESE IN STORES BECAUSE THEY ARE NO LONGER SUPPORTED.
These things were originally sold with an operating system on them - without it they are PAPERWEIGHTS. Isn't there a way to (legally) obtain new installation disks for what was originally sold with the system? I can find NOTHING about it at Microsoft's website, but that is what I am hearing from other people, so where is it?
I am NOT asking for anything illegal - no piracy, etc. I want to know how anyone is supposed to LEGALLY use a system that is sold stripped of EVERYTHING THAT CAME WITH IT. I am getting damn frustrated with trying to find an answer to this.
Can anybody help me, I guess I'm a dummy.
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I see computers for sale by various businesses, etc. that are stripped of everything - no operating system, etc. Many of these older systems have no CD-ROM's, so any software would have to be installed via floppy disks. YOU OBVIOUSLY CAN'T BUY THESE IN STORES BECAUSE THEY ARE NO LONGER SUPPORTED.
These things were originally sold with an operating system on them - without it they are PAPERWEIGHTS. Isn't there a way to (legally) obtain new installation disks for what was originally sold with the system? I can find NOTHING about it at Microsoft's website, but that is what I am hearing from other people, so where is it?
I am NOT asking for anything illegal - no piracy, etc. I want to know how anyone is supposed to LEGALLY use a system that is sold stripped of EVERYTHING THAT CAME WITH IT. I am getting damn frustrated with trying to find an answer to this.
Can anybody help me, I guess I'm a dummy.
-10CFR