Windows XP installation disk

[ricardo]

Does anyone have a Windows XP install disk they could give or sell me? Or a copy with the password decrypted.

I need a pukka XP machine to run the software I wrote myself in da last Millenium. Yes. I've tried the various Virtual machines but none of them give me the functionality I need. To put this into perspective, I run a DOS window under Win 98 on the XP machine.

Machines that have XP drivers are all more than 10 yrs old. I found one but I lent my pukka XP install disc to a friend who promptly lost it

 

[KrIVIUM2323]

Hi i might have one but it's an 'optimized' version of it ( being cleaned from 'unescessary' thing in the OS).
Let me first find it and see how we could transfer it to you.

 

[nashkato]

i should have several xp discs, too
but what is "pukka" ?

 

[JohnRoberts]

adjective​

1. Genuine; authentic.
2. Superior; first-class.

 

[molke]

To put this into perspective, I run a DOS window under Win 98 on the XP machine.

This seems to be a fairly complicated procedure for running DOS software (if that’s the goal). Wouldn’t it be easier to just install DOS directly (either genuine or some emulator)—or at least Windows 98?

 

[nashkato]

win 98 i have, too

 

[soulsonic]

you can search archive.org for old OS installers