Re: Lost XP Pro install disk still have Key can I use my other XP pro disk using second key

From: Alex Nichol (alexn.mvpdts_at_ntlworld.delete.com)
Date: 02/23/04 

Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 17:29:28 +0000

Tim wrote:

>Hopefully the subject says it all I have a Toshiba Portege 4000 with no
>Recovery disk but with it's original XP Pro licence key. I also have a
>retail version of XP Pro for my desktop can I use the retail version to
>install on my Portege and change the licence key somewhere in the process or
>do I have to fork out a small fortune to Toshiba for a recovery disk.

The CD with the Toshiba would be from a different 'series' of CDs which
will need a Key taken from their own set. So it is unlikely that it
will work with the desktop disk (but the check is made at a very early
stage, so you could try - just don't format the system first). Toshiba
though should be able to supply a replacement of the physical CD - to
use with your existing key - for only a modest charge 

-- 
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K.  Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8 bit)