RE: Windows Validation

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Hi,

If you installed your Laptop's XP on your desktop PC and you still have XP
on your laptop – you'll need to purchase additional license to the desktop PC
(yes, this with the new hard drive).

But if you using the DELL XP CD only and only for the desktop PC you can
find the Product key of the DELL CD on your laptop (on a sticker) and if you
don't find this on your laptop try to contact with DELL Corporation and to
fix this problem, for example – I live in Israel and I have HP Pavilion PC,
now my XP CD has been broken and I called to HP and they fix this problem for
me – so you better check with DELL what can you do.

"Geomens" wrote:

> I have a computer with a bad harddrive. It was a Windows 98 computer and I
> purchased the XP upgrade about a year ago. I could not load Windows, so I
> purchased a new hard drive, made it the boot drive and installed an OEM XP I
> had from my Dell Laptop since I cannot find my XP upgrade list.
>
> Now how can I validate this installation, since I owe the orginal 98 and XP
> installations. I still have the old hard-drive which I kept in the computer
> as a secondary hard drive. I can read some of the files. Is it possible to
> extract the Product Key from the Windows files on the secondary hard drive?
> Is this something Microsoft customer services will help?
>
> Or I have to buy a new product because I cannot find the orginal CD?
>
> Thanks for any assistance.
>
.

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