- Oct 9, 2002
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The one that I bought for my sister apparently did not have an operating system disc. Now it is time to reinstall Windows and there are no installation/recovery files on the hard drive. I noticed when we bought it (as a used "display model") that it came with Windows XP Professional installed instead of XP Home Edition. The sticker on the bottom says that it is supposed to have come with XP Home. I'm only visiting my sister for a week so I need to find a solution ASAP. If there is a Compaq-only version of XP Home that is locked to this specific BIOS, would it be available for download through Compaq?