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    Hello, my friend has a laptop that the hard drive died in, so there goes his recovery partition. Another friend bought a full copy of windows XP home not too long ago, and I thought i could use that disk, but use the CD-key that is on the COA on the bottom of the laptop, and reinstall on a new hard drive I put in. It didn't work (said CD-key was invaild). Any thoughts?

    Tuesday, November 27, 2007 4:55 PM

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    The OEM Product Key affixed to the laptop will only work with the laptop manufacturer's Windows XP recovery method.  Contact the laptop manufacturer and request their Windows XP recovery disc.

     

    How to Replace Lost, Broken, or Missing Microsoft Software or Hardware
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326246/en-gb

     

    Tuesday, November 27, 2007 5:32 PM
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