Re: Repair Install
- From: "David B." <mail@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:16:10 -0400
The keys are not on the CD, but they are specific to the TYPE of media, meaning you cannot use an OEM key with retail media, if you try a repair install using your retail media with the OEM key from the Compaq, it will tell you the key is not valid.
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"JohnD" <JohnD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:09926FB6-4630-4C57-ABA2-F73C2CB6D1AE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks for thr advice, but this confuses me even more. I have been told by
others in posts to a different thread that the Product Key is not on an
install cd in any way, shape or form. So what difference does it make what
install cd I use as long as I key in the appropriate Product Key? How would
the activation process know what cd I actually used?
"David B." wrote:
You cannot do a repair install on an OEM installation with retail media.
The product key difference is perfectly normal for an OEM machine.
If you install one of your retail licenses on the laptop you'll have to
remove it from the PC it's currently on.
The solution to your problem is to beg/borrow/locate a Microsoft XP Pro OEM
cd und use it to perform the repair installation.
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"JohnD" <JohnD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have a Compaq Evo notebook that I "inherited." Couple weeks ago on >boot
>up
> I got a message that Windows had recovered from a catastrophic failure > and
> did I want to advise Microsoft? So I did and got a Microsoft Online > Crash
> Analysis that advised me to run Windows Memory Diagnostic.
>
> So I did that and it ran all night and came up with nothing.
>
> The computer boots into XP Pro and runs, but I know it is not healthy
> because I no longer have the desktop of shortcut icons that I used to
> have -
> just a half dozen or so basic ones. Also. I am unable to restore to a
> date
> before the crash. In fact I can't even restore to yesterday.
>
> So, I'm thinking Repair Install and I have been reading previous posts > on
> the subject and I have downloaded Michael Stevens' instructions and I > feel
> confident I can do what is required. But I am still confused about the
> Product Key.
>
> The sticker on the bottom of the case contains a Product Key and BeLarc
> gives me a Key and they are not the same.
>
> This is obviously an OEM machine, but I got no Software Recovery CD's > and
> no
> XP CD with the machine.
>
> I do have several XP Pro retail CD's that belong to other PC's that I
> have,
> but their Keys have obviously been activated.
>
> So, my question is: In view of the above, if I do a Repair Install > using
> one of my retail CD's, will I be able to activate and, if so, which
> Product
> Key would I use?
.
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