Re: HDD died and took the OS and recovery partition with it.
- From: Ron Martell <ron.martell@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 21:09:47 -0700
Greg from Kentucky <GregfromKentucky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>I acquired a second hand HP Pavilion with a bad HDD. I have no way of
>knowing who actually purchased it originally. It is in good shape otherwise
>and has the COA sticker on the side of the case.
>
>I have tried repeatedly to install XP Home using the PID from the COA with
>numerous XP Home CD's and the PID number is always rejected as invalid.
>
>What am I missing? I have tried OEM, Retail, and even one upgrade disk.
>There were never any recovery CD's provided with this model - one only had to
>press F10 at boot to enter the recovery process.
>
>I read posts about BIOS-locked versions and so much and it is all confusing.
> I would appreciate an input at all,
>
>Thanks!
The Product Key that came with your HP Pavilion is for a "BIOS Locked"
SLP version of Windows XP.
As of March 1, 2005 Microsoft changed the activation procedure so that
the blocks of product keys assigned to the BIOS Locked OEM versions
will no longer activate over the Internet.
Your only hope is to obtain an installation CD for your specific HP
model from HP.
Either that or purchase a new Windows XP license with CD and Product
Key.
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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