Do you have your Windows disk? Are talking XP?
At least Vista is better than Windows ME. I would rather run 3.11 for workgroups, than run Win ME.
I don't care how legit the site is. Downloading a bootable ISO is bad practice. Illegal too, since M$ has a copyright on it. If someone hacks their site, you could be giving up your bank account information in no time. I am even very careful where I get my Linux ISOs, for very good reasons.
Illegal? So I can find an illegal download link on Microsoft website?
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...ery-disk/7d8b799a-1315-4475-bd15-827901f5cdcd
It is not illegal to download the disk. It is useless without the key.
I guess I should never download a bootable offline virus scanner either because those sites could be hacked?
It is illegal to download it from bubbas site. No need to be obtuse. If you are in IT, you know full well what Microsoft's disks say on them. Do what you want with your machines. It is best not to lead inexperienced people astray. I suppose you will tell me a site in India I can get a free MS Office disk from next.