The cd that came with it is lost. I am not sure where...although I have my ideas...
so are you saying that I can use the XP pro as a boot cd as long as I do not reformat the disc? do I have a choice or is this something I am supposed to know how to stop from happening.
Boot from whatever you have. Click R to repair. Run CHKDSK first. If you have a CD you don’t need to lose your data.