How do you reinstall windows XP without the XP installation CD?

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This will work only if you already successfully activated the OS before, and now only reinstalling on the same hardware.

1. Copy the file c:\windows\system32\wpa.dbl to a floppy disk. 2. Reinstall Windows XP as usual. 3. Boot to a DOS disk if you are using FAT, or to the Recovery Console if using NTFS. 4. Copy the file you have on floppy from the first step back to c:\windows\system32. 5. That’s it - your all setup with your previous activation.

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