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Find me a torrent for Win2K Pro!!

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fbrdphreak

Lifer
As some of you may know, I've been searching for a way to get a good copy of Win2K Pro. Here is the reader's digest version of why:
--Put my academic license on Dad's old laptop
--Academic version was ripped from MSDN DVD and wouldn't boot
--Had to DL copy off Kazaa that didn't have SP4; installed, patched, ok
--Apparently it was missing some key files (Paint & Control Panel Sound Applet)
--Need good copy (preferrably retail or OEM) that will boot on even really old machines

I have searched thru the five or six torrent sites in my fav's, can anyone recommend another site to try or even be a true angel & link me directly? (Or e-mail me the torrent file itself, ECETim@gmail.com)
If for some reason this is against the rules, I will kindly let this die if a mod will simply inform me.
Thanks in advance for everyone's help
 
If you have a legit serial number, you can contact MS and theyll send you a replacement CD. it won't be free, though. $30 IIRC.
 
Didn't even know you could do that. I might give 'em a call, but $30 is way more than free 😉
I'm sure there's a good copy out there somewhere, I just can't find it for the life of. Stupid supernova had to go away 🙁
 
Originally posted by: warcrow
Why not just contact MS and tell them the same thing....
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Because they don't care. I was in a similar spot with my laptop; they forwarded me to Compaq, Compaq told me all they'd give me were the useless QuickRestore discs I already had. After much searching I managed to find a copy of XP Home for my laptop, which let me use the Asian characters I needed to complete my Japanese homework.

I can't find any torrents for it myself....
 
get the basic win2k pro version and slipstream sp4 onto it, google slipstream and windows and you should find what you need
 
Originally posted by: Czar
get the basic win2k pro version and slipstream sp4 onto it, google slipstream and windows and you should find what you need
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I had a "basic" version off of Kazaa but I think that is the source of my problems. Thus I am looking for a known good version. I can slipstream fine, I just want an image that people have installed w/out problems. I only go home to the 'rents house on occasional weekends and that weekend is coming up in a couple weeks, so I want to make sure I have the right tools to do what I have to. Thanks!
 
Originally posted by: fbrdphreak
As some of you may know, I've been searching for a way to get a good copy of Win2K Pro. Here is the reader's digest version of why:
--Put my academic license on Dad's old laptop
--Academic version was ripped from MSDN DVD and wouldn't boot
--Had to DL copy off Kazaa that didn't have SP4; installed, patched, ok
--Apparently it was missing some key files (Paint & Control Panel Sound Applet)
--Need good copy (preferrably retail or OEM) that will boot on even really old machines

I have searched thru the five or six torrent sites in my fav's, can anyone recommend another site to try or even be a true angel & link me directly? (Or e-mail me the torrent file itself, ECETim@gmail.com)
If for some reason this is against the rules, I will kindly let this die if a mod will simply inform me.
Thanks in advance for everyone's help
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I actually had a similar problem. I had an academic version of XP Pro that I got from school and it was not bootable. I used a program called AutoStreamer to slipstream SP2 with it and it automatically creates a bootable copy. So just use the academic version you have, get SP4, and use AutoStreamer.

Link: AutoStreamer
 
Sweet, I didn't have Torrentspy in my favs. I'll load up the torrents when I get back
Thanks for all the help guys!
God bless AT :beer:
 
Originally posted by: yukichigai
Originally posted by: Nothinman
I might give 'em a call, but $30 is way more than free
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$30 seems high, I couldn't see them charging any more than shipping costs.
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It's $30 just to call them.
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Huh? No it isn't. It's a free call to their replacement line, you tell them you lost your CD, they charge you $23 + $7, and they mail you out a new install CD. Now I don't know if the price for win2k is the same as WinXP, but that's how much they charge for a new Windows XP install cd.
 
Originally posted by: murphy55d
If you have a legit serial number, you can contact MS and theyll send you a replacement CD. it won't be free, though. $30 IIRC.
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That seems high, usually media-fullfilment costs are around $10. At least that's what service-pack CDs cost. I don't see why the OS CDs would cost more, if you've already paid for the license.

Edit: Wow, if MS really is charging $30 for XP replacement install CDs.. what a rip-off!

Anyways.. if the problem is that the W2K version you have isn't bootable.. why not just download the boot-floppy set, and use that? I know it's a bit more of a PITA than a bootable CD, but it would also work. (Assuming that they have a floppy-drive, that is.. I think most laptops still do, don't they?)
 
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