-- Posted by The Artery at 10:27 pm on July 12, 2008 install windows xp from online? without having to buy it? -- Posted by ird13 at 10:28 pm on July 12, 2008 No, i have tried. I own the program now though. -- Posted by Lauraaaa at 10:28 pm on July 12, 2008 Maybe if youre like FUCKING MAGICKS or something. -- Posted by Ancient Rights at 10:29 pm on July 12, 2008 I'm sure you could download it from a torrent, but that involves a lot of risk. -- Posted by Chevy Jackson at 10:29 pm on July 12, 2008 You have to buy it. You can download an *ILLEGAL* copy of windows from a torrent or something, but I wouldn't suggest it because it's illegal. -- Posted by BananaPancake at 10:31 pm on July 12, 2008 You have to buy it(which you could do online if you didn't want to go to a store or whatnot). If you didn't want to buy it, I'm sure there are illegal copies floating around out there but they're going to be shared copies which means they could contain viruses and a lot more that you'd be downloading to your computer. My advice is just buy it. -- Posted by elementality09 at 10:32 pm on July 12, 2008 Quote: from Chevy Jackson at 11:29 pm on July 12, 2008 You have to buy it. You can download an *ILLEGAL* copy of windows from a torrent or something, but I wouldn't suggest it because it's illegal. i'm all for downloading things illegally but for windows i'd say  buy it, they have crazy ways of finding out if you stole it and you don't want to deal with that -- Posted by dkruges at 10:34 pm on July 12, 2008 sure... not legally but places like the piratebay have it. DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT PROMOTE ILLEGAL PIRATING -- Posted by HuffleHaire at 10:43 pm on July 12, 2008 Risky business. -- Posted by Dickij03 at 11:36 am on July 13, 2008 Quote: from elementality09 at 6:32 am on July 13, 2008 Quote: from Chevy Jackson at 11:29 pm on July 12, 2008 You have to buy it. You can download an *ILLEGAL* copy of windows from a torrent or something, but I wouldn't suggest it because it's illegal. i'm all for downloading things illegally but for windows i'd say  buy it, they have crazy ways of finding out if you stole it and you don't want to deal with that My copy of vista is not legitamet and it passes genuine test for over a year and is still going. Downloading an unmodified version of windows xp from a torrent is NOT illeagle as you dont pay for the media but the license. You could download an unmodified version and use the 30 day trial untill you come by a shop and buy a copy. But make sure you download the right version home/pro/retail/oem. -- Posted by raymond08 at 3:40 am on July 14, 2008 my advice dnt do it its not worth it, U cant update it as they wuld find out -- Posted by iwashere85 at 11:07 pm on July 16, 2008 Well, could you? Probably. I wouldn't be surprised if LimeWire had it. Haha. But, a couple things to think about: -You try to upgrade/downgrade, it will probably give you plenty of viruses. -Pictures this: Windows XP SP5 comes out. Contains critical data because a new hacker found out how to destroy your system and find out your home address. You can't download it. (not saying that is going to happen, though). -It is not legal. -Microsoft probably will find out, thus, ruin your life on teh computer. :(