Solve : o.s.?

1.	Solve : o.s.?
Answer» I had windows xp on a computer...computer crashed and I do not have the xp disc since the computer was purchased at a GARAGE sale.....question is, If I download a free o.s. such as a linux o.s., burn it to a cd on another system will I be able to boot up and install it on the other system?YES, I suggest you try a live CD first, something like Linux Mint. http://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=38I burned a linux o.s. to disc...I went into bios MODE to try to set the system to boot on cd...and I don't know what I am doing wrong because it just keeps trying to reboot the xp operating system...I can't get it to boot off the cd...any SUGGESTION?When you set the CD as first boot PRESS F10 to save the changes, then it should boot from the CD. The other possibility is that you did not burn it as an ISO so the CD is not bootable.

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