Chef21613

un-fortunately no there is no 1386 directory on my c: drive... and I do apologize for not being more specific in my subject heading.

Ok so i'm a chef and not a computer pro... However I am familiar with computers and their software. I have recently received a computer from a friend of mine and re-installed several components. I am currently trying to re image the hard drive and put the operating system on it. So here is the problem. Now that I have removed everything from the hard drive and am preparing the install i cannot locate the windows install disk that came with it and am completely stuck. Does anyone here or anywhere know of anything i can do to avoid spending $125.00 purchasing a new copy of windows xp? Thank You in advance, Mark P.S. Please keep in mind that i am in fact a novice user.