Re: The CD Key your entered is invalid.

Hi Darrell, Earlier this morning I got the problem squared away. I shall be
receiving the "Dumb Ass of the Year Award" from my boss. To make a long story
short - The computer has 2 cd drives. When I tried to install windows from
one of our disks using the customers cd key, it did not work. Did I remove
the cd before shutting down the machine to wait for the customers software???
No, I did not. So every time I booted the machine it was seeing that disk in
the top drive and not the correct disk in the bottom drive. So no matter how
many different windows disks I tried it was not going to work with her cd
key.

I thank all of you for your helpfulness. And I apoligize for wasting your
time.

Chel

""Darrell Gorter[MSFT]"" wrote:

> Hello Chel,
> What is in the setupp.ini in the i386 folder on the cd?
> In particular the PID= line.
> That will help determine the media type
> Thanks,
> Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
>
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> >Ron, the old drive is completely dead. I appreciate your response though.
> The
> >links might be useful to me in the future.
> >Thank you, chel
> >
> >"Ron Martell" wrote:
> >
> >> "chel" <chel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> >I am installing OEM Windows Xp Pro Sp1 on a new hard drive. Original
> drive
> >> >died. I am the tech who installed xp originally about 2 years ago.
> Customter
> >> >brought computer in with all original software. COA Label is on the
> case. The
> >> >disk is in great shape. Customer never opened the software packet I
> created
> >> >at the time of sale. I put the disk in, format, starts to install, get
> the cd
> >> >key, enter the number, get invalid message. I have checked and double
> checked
> >> >each letter and number. I have had someone else type it in. I have
> checked
> >> >the Knowlege base for solutions and nothing helped. I called Microsoft
> Tech
> >> >support and had a new cd key created and that did not work. They also
> verifed
> >> >the cd key I have is valid. Unfortunately I do not want to pay $245 for
> >> >support to answer this question. Does anyone have any solutions to why
> the
> >> >cd key is invalid.
> >> >
> >> >Again - I have checked and rechecked the letters and numbers.
> >> >
> >> >chel
> >>
> >> Is the old drive completely dead?
> >>
> >> If there is any chance of getting it to boot into Windows XP again
> >> then you can verify the product key used to install XP originally by
> >> using any of several utilities, such as
> >>
> >> Windows XP Product Key finder:
> >> http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/keyfinder.exe
> >>
> >> Magic Jelly Bean key finder:
> >> http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml
> >>
> >> Good luck
> >>
> >>
> >> Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
> >> --
> >> Microsoft MVP
> >> On-Line Help Computer Service
> >> http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
> >>
> >> In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
> >> http://aumha.org/alex.htm
> >>
> >
>
>
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