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My harddrive crashed a few days ago and I bought a new one. I tried to use a
set of recovery CDs that I purchased from HP - but the first (of 7) CD
immediately gives an error saying that this "PC System is not supported".
I'm convinced I ordered the right CD set - but I will follow up with HP on
that later. So in the meantime, I have a WinXP Home and PRO combo CD from a
friend. My thought was that I would be able to install WinXP Home Edition
and use my Product Key that I own and that is on the side panel of my PC. I
trust his judgement and he said that that was completely legal since I was
using my key.
However, immediately after I enter the 25 character key - it says "The CD
key you entered is not valid".
Is this because his CD of WinXP:
a) is a combo disc of Home and Pro and so the home part is a different
version of home edition and has a different key validation algorithm
b) the version of home edition on his CD is a newer version with SP1 or SP2
and as a result the key validation algorithm is different.
c) something else.
I bought my computer in 2000 or 2001 - before SP1.
I'd appreciate some help.
set of recovery CDs that I purchased from HP - but the first (of 7) CD
immediately gives an error saying that this "PC System is not supported".
I'm convinced I ordered the right CD set - but I will follow up with HP on
that later. So in the meantime, I have a WinXP Home and PRO combo CD from a
friend. My thought was that I would be able to install WinXP Home Edition
and use my Product Key that I own and that is on the side panel of my PC. I
trust his judgement and he said that that was completely legal since I was
using my key.
However, immediately after I enter the 25 character key - it says "The CD
key you entered is not valid".
Is this because his CD of WinXP:
a) is a combo disc of Home and Pro and so the home part is a different
version of home edition and has a different key validation algorithm
b) the version of home edition on his CD is a newer version with SP1 or SP2
and as a result the key validation algorithm is different.
c) something else.
I bought my computer in 2000 or 2001 - before SP1.
I'd appreciate some help.