Re-formated laptop and tried to re-install me from cd , however turns out cd is corrupt , is there anywhere i can doload it from to use with my existing activation key as i dont want to buy it again ?

MS will happily replace damaged (legit) media and ME doesn't require activation

thanks for your reply how do i get it

i did a quick search of MS.com and found this with a valid phone#...

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/284230/

USA... 1-800-360-7561
Canada... 1-800-933-4750

Support for ME has been long discontinued, I doubt Microsoft even has any extra ME CDs they'll send you.

Got lots O them thar old thingys lyin' round.

Wot ya willing to pay for one? OEM Install or Upgrade?