[Not Insane]

"Microsoft should give me a new CD. "

You didn't make a backup copy then? Most software I used to buy said step one was to make a backup copy.

[Poohbah]

You didn't make a backup copy then? Most software I used to buy said step one was to make a backup copy.

Ah, but I said--at the beginning--that I was completely irresponsible (Tesla coil next to the computer, lost the install CD.)

Let's say I backed up the CD--and managed to lose BOTH of the CDs through my own carelessness.

Microsoft still owes me a new CD, according to the "gimme-free-stuff" crowd.