Re: Lost my Product Key for Window XP

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If you still have the hard drive on which the copy was installed and if you have not formated the drive you can retrieve the key from the old registry files.

John

bigbuck98 wrote:
About a year ago I found that I had an illegal copy of WinXP Pro. I purchased another copy direct from Microsoft, which they sent via express and sent the Product Key via e-mail. I recently installed a new motherboard in this computer and when I was installing WinXp on this computer I realized that I no longer had the e-mail with the Product Key. Also there is no key on the disk that I received.
Is there any way that I can another Product Key for this copy of WP that I have?

Thanks,
BigBuck98


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