i am thinking about buying a re-installation disc off ebay. will it work? This is a fresh gaming build, no operating system yet. This is the link to the disc:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/DELL-WINDOWS-7-PROFESSIONAL-32-bit-RE-INSTALLATION-DVD-DISC-W-HARDWARE-MEMORY-/271154760422?pt=US_Operating_Systems_Software&hash=item3f22154ae6
32 bit... evenm if it did you dont want it anyway... i assume you have more than 4gb of ram but you wont be able to use it on 32 bit os ore a gpu over 512 mb. sooo not worth it anyways for gaming unless youre on a real cheap system.
no, I think it's just a 'recovery disc', which just unpacks a copy of the initial install from a hidden driver partition. plus it's xp, plus it's dell, plus it's 32 bit, plus it doesn't include a key
MS has the windows 7 ISO, you can download then buy a key after installing
http://www.w7forums.com/official-windows-7-sp1-iso-image-downloads-t12325.html
yeah that was just an example of a reinstallation disc. i am building a mid range system but thank you for the advice