After recharging, have more Media Center

Original title: units media center problems in windows XP.

I have a multimedia computer with XP installed with media center included. My OS has become corrupted, and I had to reload the OS. Unfortunately, the CD I have doesn't have a Media Center on this issue. Thanks to many headaches and pain, I have the computer and running upward, all the necessary drivers are installed, but I do not have Media Center.

How can I get? I have the original product code for Windows XP my computer is came up with, but no media came with it.

Usually, when you do not get the CD of the OS with the computer it's because the manufacturer installs a recovery hard disk partition. Because the code is not eligible get a CD. If you do not have this partition or CD and you really want Media Center, you will need to buy it. You can check if you have a partition recovery here: Control Panel, administrative tools, double-click computer management, click Disk Management.

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