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#289847 3-Oct-2021 12:56

I have been doing a major clean out and realised I had a whole bunch of cds that I haven't touched in years. Some not a lot but a few are genuine windows program disks that I will never use again. Is there any market for these? A reason someone might want them?. Seems a shame to just dump them.

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#2788664 3-Oct-2021 16:54

post them on here some one might need them

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#2788794 3-Oct-2021 22:45

Market? No, not in the sense that someone is likely to pay for them.

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#2788900 4-Oct-2021 10:00

Worthless without matching install keys
Worthless if obselete versions (with a few exceptions).

Cant be (legally) installed on another PC if any are OEM , ie cant re-use install keys if they were OEM.
Some older versions of software cant be activated anymore

Put the whole lot on trademe in a single auction, try your luck. :-)
I prefered the older versions of MS Office .

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#2788912 4-Oct-2021 10:21

I think OP was just talking about the media (sans key), that people might want for reinstalling or something. I know in the past I've kept a stash of different windows media to make sure I could do repair installs for people, but virtually everyone is on Windows 10 now and it's not really the issue it used to be.

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#2788922 4-Oct-2021 10:31

Some of those older Windows and Office disks look nice though. I found a few NT4 Workstation disks the other day. Boring they may be, but they reminded me of a better time.

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#2789035 4-Oct-2021 12:06

SirHumphreyAppleby:

Some of those older Windows and Office disks look nice though. I found a few NT4 Workstation disks the other day. Boring they may be, but they reminded me of a better time.

Jesus, I do not consider NT4 in any shape way or manner a positive experience. I recall Blue Screens, lock ups and many other types of misery like endless hardware incompatibilities.

Admittedly toward the end, things had gotten better but oof, please never lets go back to that.

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#2789087 4-Oct-2021 13:47

Thanks for info I will list on here what I have when i get time

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#2789213 4-Oct-2021 17:28

networkn:

SirHumphreyAppleby:

Some of those older Windows and Office disks look nice though. I found a few NT4 Workstation disks the other day. Boring they may be, but they reminded me of a better time.

Jesus, I do not consider NT4 in any shape way or manner a positive experience. I recall Blue Screens, lock ups and many other types of misery like endless hardware incompatibilities.

Admittedly toward the end, things had gotten better but oof, please never lets go back to that.

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#2789464 4-Oct-2021 23:22

I remember installing Windows 95 from floppy.. Which wasn't nearly as bad as installing office from floppy.

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#2789478 5-Oct-2021 06:37

Lias:

I remember installing Windows 95 from floppy.. Which wasn't nearly as bad as installing office from floppy.

I recall installing Microsoft Office from floppy disks on a few laptops circa-1993. It was a tedious process for sure. IIRC, they were 486s, and only the really important people got colour screens.