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How do I find my license # if my drive crashed and I can't find the CD? Been
looking on Microsoft's site...to no avail.
JT
looking on Microsoft's site...to no avail.
JT
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Carey Frisch [MVP]
How to replace lost, broken, or missing Microsoft software or hardware
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326246/en-us
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326246/en-us
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Microsoft MVP
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news://msnews.microsoft.com/
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Bruce Chambers
webtique said:How do I find my license # if my drive crashed and I can't find the CD? Been
looking on Microsoft's site...to no avail.
JT
The answer remain the same as it was yesterday, the last time you asked
this same question.
The Windows 25-character Product Key (required to perform the
installation) is stored on the CD packaging on a brightly colored
sticker that says "Do not lose this number." If it was an OEM (factory
installed) license, it's stored on a label that the PC manufacturer
affixed to the exterior of the PC case, or on the bottom of a laptop.
The Product Key is not stored on the installation CD in any way, shape,
or form.
To recover a lost Product Key:
If your system still runs, you should be able to use Belarc Advisor
from http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html to find the Product Key.
(If you have a factory-installed OEM license, and haven't since
reinstalled the OS, the revealed Product Key is probably of the drive
image used at the factory and not your specific Product Key; therefore,
it probably cannot be -- and definitely should not be -- used for a
re-installation.)
If it was a retail license and you have proof of purchase:
How to Replace Lost, Broken, or Missing Microsoft Software or Hardware
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;326246
If it was an OEM license, you should contact the computer's
manufacturer; although very few manufacturers/vendors keep records of
the Product Keys they've sold, it's worth a try before you have to buy a
new license.
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GHalleck
webtique said:How do I find my license # if my drive crashed and I can't find the CD? Been
looking on Microsoft's site...to no avail.
JT
Tough luck. Got an Ghost, DriveImage, TruImage, etc., disk
image file of the hard drive? If so, clone to a new HD and
use Belarc, for instance, to recover the product key. And
don't lose it.
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Plato
=?Utf-8?B?d2VidGlxdWU=?= said:How do I find my license # if my drive crashed and I can't find the CD? Been
looking on Microsoft's site...to no avail.
It's on the doc pack of XP or the back/side of your pc.