I have a friend with a 2012 Dell Win 7 laptop that encountered a hard-drive failure about 2 years ago.

Similarly, how are affected/victimized OEM Win 7 users going to create their own OEM Win 7 Install DVD/USB.? Forced to buy from the OEMs.?ĪV programs can be used to detect viruses in downloaded hacked copies of Windows iso files. If non-M$ links to download Win XP iso files from the Internet are prohibited, how are affected Win XP users going to create their own Win XP Install DVD/USB.? Forced to buy from eBay.? M$ no longer provides Win XP iso file downloads. It also includes password crackers, keygens, and the like. Yes, that includes hacked copies of Windows 7. One of the Lounge Rules by woody … Also note that I am loathe to post links to any software of dubious pedigree. It’s been about two lifetime since I struggled with an XP MBR. The hard drive that is not working has some files which I have recovered successfully, so reinstalling is feasible, if I can take that route, but I would prefer not to, because it has programs (such as Visual Studio 2010 and the corresponding SDK) which I think would be impossible to find, so if you have any ideas, I would appreciate them. Do you have any suggestions? I do not have a disc to recover the original OS. I do not have a copy of Windows XP, and I need to install the service pack 3, if I were to start from scratch. Is that a feasible strategy? To make things worse, the OS that I need to reinstall is Windows XP. In my naive thinking, I can take everything out of that computer, install a new copy of the OS, and take the master boot record of the second copy and copy it in the first one.

I messed up a master boot record and need to get it back, without reinstalling anything. Just got an interesting question from an old friend:

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