A while back I was trying to source a XP Pro disc in the Emirates so I popped down to the local computer area in town picked the most 'professional' looking shop and asked if they could sell me an XP Pro OS disc. 'Yes sure we can' one quick phone call to one of the other shops just around the corner and within minutes a young Indian 'runner' appeared with the disc. Quite clearly stamped across the disc was 'only to be distributed with a new PC' it was cheap but I decided not worth the hassle should anything go wrong. Enterprising chaps those Indian PC traders!