Re: Extracting Product Key and Windows type from crashed WinXP installation ?

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Etop Udoh wrote:
I have a harddrive that has the contents of a crashed version of
Windows XP.
Is there any way to pull up the registry or file from that
harddrive and retrieve the Win XP type (like Pro, Corp, Media
Center, Home, etc.) as well
as the product key for that Windows installation ?
The computer that the harddrive was in crashed and wouldn't boot or
even post.

See my response to your OTHER (one of anyway) post.

Please try to cross-post if you feel you need to in the future.
Multi-posting makes it harder for you to get all the answers at once and
makes it difficult for those answering to see what others have told you
elsewhere and build on it/discuss it.

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Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
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How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html


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