IS it possible to change the Windows XP Key to match the label that came from Dell ?
For the story:
I have a friends Dell 4500 machine. The harddrive completed bit the dust. It was a 30Gig Harddrive. I had to use a 160Gig drive to replace it. So the 1st problem I had was 137Gig limit. The 2nd problem is all of the original disk's from dell have been misplaced. So to load XP I used a copy of XP that I have. I would like to use the KEY from the Dell case but Microsoft XP is telling me it is invalid. So I used the pre service pack 1 disk to load the haddrive. The gets me bact to problem 1. The original XP disk does not support 160 Gig harddrive. Since I was not sure this was the only problem with the computer I decided to format to just 137 Gig. Next I was asked to enter the Key. This is when I found the key on the case would not work. So one again I continued with the key for the original xp install that I have. This installed OK and it looks like the computer is now running OK. However I now have the wrong Key installed on the system. Can I change the key and get it reactivated back to what dell put on the machine? Also how do I resolve the 137 GIg Limi? Can this be done without a re-install of XP using non-service pack 2 support ?
