Activation Problem

[Oliver Laing]

Hi,

I am running Windows XP Home Edition SP1. A few days ago
my main hard drive packed in on me, so i installed
windows on what was my storage drive, and removed my
former main drive. When i installed windows it said that
i had already used the activation key before, and that i
had 30 days to activate. I don't know what to do, do i
need to buy a new activation code just because my hard
drive packed in? Any feedback would be appreciated,
thanks.

Oliver

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Oliver;
You do not need to buy anything.
Go to the activation screen and choose the option to activate by
phone.
Call the displayed number to Microsoft, done in about 5 minutes.