new hard drive

[Guest]

I purchased a copy of Windows XP pro. It installed very nicely on my
computer. Subsequently when the hard drive crashed - i reinstalled without a
problem; so far so good. Later, when i needed to clean the hard drive - wipe
it out completely - and then reinstall XP - i get an error message something
to the effect of i have exceeded the number of times that I am allowed to
install this software!?! How do I get around this?? I am NOT a business i am
NOT trying multiple installs - but I would like to get the intended use out
of the software i paid for... any clues?

thanks.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Select the option to "activate by phone" to obtain a
new activation code.

How to activate Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307890

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| I purchased a copy of Windows XP pro. It installed very nicely on my
| computer. Subsequently when the hard drive crashed - i reinstalled without a
| problem; so far so good. Later, when i needed to clean the hard drive - wipe
| it out completely - and then reinstall XP - i get an error message something
| to the effect of i have exceeded the number of times that I am allowed to
| install this software!?! How do I get around this?? I am NOT a business i am
| NOT trying multiple installs - but I would like to get the intended use out
| of the software i paid for... any clues?
|
| thanks.

 

[Guest]

Excellent - that worked - thanks for your help.