Tim, because you have a licence for the Windows product you have I think that you could legitimately download a copy of windows. There are plenty of illegal sources for programs on the net. These are illegal because you must have a licence for software that you use. You do have a licence. You are just sourcing a replacement copy of the product.
Note: it would be illegal to have more windows copies than you have licences, so once you've sorted out your machine, destroy your original Floppies/CDs. Keep just one copy of the windows Floppies/CDs.
Mark
October 2003
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