okay youd's said a while ago that I can use a differnt xp disk for my gamer and it work the same. Thing is that I am not getting were you have to put the key in. Sould I end up CALLING them and try it that WAY? LOST!!!In your next reply, type slower.I do say youd's at times okay. But at any rate you all said that it would work as long as I used the key that came with the other one. The ones I have both came from Dell not sure if that makes a huge differnce.I am unable to understand what you are asking, nor am I able to figure out what "youd's" is, so I'll just make up a reply.

If you have lost your Windows XP CD, you can borrow a new one (i.e. from a friend). w/e I have one. The thing is that the one I had for my gaming is scrathed from what I know. It wont copy certain files and the other two are professional and when I run the install it DOESNT ask for the key. Do you want me to explain with more detail?It doesn't ask for a key? Maybe because it's a pirated copy?
After all, your title does say: Installing xp not orginal diskcauses its not the orginal to this machine. Its probably cause it came with a dell. If it's the Windows XP CD (with the MICROSOFT holograms all over it) it will work for any machine.It was, but SINCE then I had to use ones by dell figured that they wouldnt work then. I didnt want to do this when I last made the post. I have to get a new copy, aside from then having two keys that I can then use on differnt machines.If it's a Dell CD, and the name DELL is on the CD, it won't work.Squall_01, We can't help you if can't explain the problem.
Please take 5 or 10 minutes to explain to us in detail what the problem is.Is anybody else finding this thread a little disturbing? After so many comments nobody is any the wiser to what the problem actually is.youd's means , you people had ( said ) or you ones had ( said ) and add an s for pluralI think for the future we should just say 'you people had' etc etc. Oh by the way etc means et cetera.one knows , at my age i should