Product Key cannot be validated!!!!

[Emin IPEK]

I had bought an HP 2133 when I was in Bahrain.
When I first started up the computer, Vista Business started installing,
probably from the Recovery partition.
Anyway, I am in Turkey now and I upgraded mh harddisk and wanted to install
Vista Business on the new harddisk.
Underneath my computer there is an original Microsoft sticker for the
product Key. During the Vista installation I typed this key but received an
error message that the key cannot be validated. The key starts with J4CQ3-
What might be the reason? What is the solution? I want to use my original
Vista Product Key.
Any help will be appreciated
Regards
Emin

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Are you reinstalling Vista using the HP Recovery CDs? If not, that is why
the product key is not being accepted. When you reinstall Vista with the
HP Recovery CDs, typing in the product key is not required.

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I had bought an HP 2133 when I was in Bahrain.
When I first started up the computer, Vista Business started installing,
probably from the Recovery partition.
Anyway, I am in Turkey now and I upgraded mh harddisk and wanted to install
Vista Business on the new harddisk.
Underneath my computer there is an original Microsoft sticker for the
product Key. During the Vista installation I typed this key but received an
error message that the key cannot be validated. The key starts with J4CQ3-
What might be the reason? What is the solution? I want to use my original
Vista Product Key.
Any help will be appreciated
Regards
Emin

 

[DDW]

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[Emin IPEK]

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[Emin IPEK]

I have no recovery CD. There were no option for that when I first started
the system.

I upgraded my HD and I have no recovery patition anymore. As you said, I
would not need Product Key if I re-install Vista via Recovery Partition.

All I have are Original Vista and the Product Key on my computer.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

The product key affixed to your HP computer is an OEM product key.
You cannot use an OEM product key if your Vista DVD is a retail version.

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I have no recovery CD. There were no option for that when I first started
the system.

I upgraded my HD and I have no recovery patition anymore. As you said, I
would not need Product Key if I re-install Vista via Recovery Partition.

All I have are Original Vista and the Product Key on my computer.

 

[Telstar]

The product key affixed to your HP computer is an OEM product key.
You cannot use an OEM product key if your Vista DVD is a retail version.

Therefore you will need to contact HP and obtain recovery discs (ca. US15)
for your computer. They will ask for the sticker code and then send them
immediately.

 

[Emin IPEK]

Thanks for the info

Therefore you will need to contact HP and obtain recovery discs (ca. US15)
for your computer. They will ask for the sticker code and then send them
immediately.