The message 1131485587.3072.385.camel@localhost.localdomain from Wayne Stallwood ALUGlist@digimatic.plus.com contains these words:
Of course if you can source a loan copy of the Windows OEM installation media then you are free to use that (in conjunction with your own licence key) to reinstall. But of course you then lose access to some of the other bundled software that may have been included in the original OEM installation (I am thinking of DVD player and CD burning software here)
When you say 'your own licence key', do you mean the five groups of five letters/numbers you type in during loading?
I ask, because I built a PIII box for a friend (to replace his dying PI-90) and he supplied a Win 95 CD and Win 98 update, and the Win 95 CD won't work. If I borrow a good Win 98 CD to install with, it will accept that number, will it?