I have an old company Dell PII laptop that has Window 2000 on it.  I dont
have the password to get in and want to use it as backup server to run some
external HDs.  I also dont have any of the install disks.

What is the cheapest way to get a fresh OS install so I can have full
control of the PC?
Is Linux cheap to buy as OS and will it look and feel close enough to
windows that I could use it efficiently quickly?

thanks!

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