# Where can my friend buy a Windows 98 CD?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-my-friend-buy-a-windows-98-cd/635597>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 23, 2012, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-my-friend-buy-a-windows-98-cd/635597 "2012-09-23T15:33:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-my-friend-buy-a-windows-98-cd/635597/21 "2012-10-29T08:28:06Z")

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> [@Sunspace](#):
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> My friend needs to reinstall Windows 98 to run some very old, specialized software for her job. Is it possible to buy a legal Windows 98 installation CD somewhere?

If you have - or know someone with - a Technet or MSDN license you can download it from Microsoft. You’ll still need a valid license key.

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-my-friend-buy-a-windows-98-cd/635597/22 "2012-10-29T08:55:31Z")

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> [@Quartz](#):
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> If you have - or know someone with - a Technet or MSDN license you can download it from Microsoft. You’ll still need a valid license key.

Belay that, at least for downloading from Technet, as I’ve double-checked and it’s gone.

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