How do I find my product ID key?

[Guest]

I'm trying to create a disaster recovery CD via Dantz Backup, but it wants my WinXP product ID key. I can't find it any more and it tells me I won't be able to restore my system w/out it. Is this key "hidden" anywhere in the registry or ?

Thanks.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

If your computer is still operational:

Retrieve your Windows XP CD key
http://michaelstevenstech.com/ViewKeyXP.htm

[Courtesy of Michael Stevens, MS-MVP]


If your computer is not operational:

How to Replace Lost, Broken, or Missing Microsoft Software or Hardware
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[ln];326246

OEM versions of Windows XP are not supported by
Microsoft. Only "retail versions" of Windows XP are
supported by Microsoft. Microsoft cannot issue you
a replacement Product Key for an OEM version.... only
if it were a "retail version". Technical support for an
OEM version is the responsibility of the company that
sold you the OEM version of Windows XP.


--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| I'm trying to create a disaster recovery CD via Dantz Backup, but it wants my WinXP product ID
key. I can't find it any more and it tells me I won't be able to restore my system w/out it.
Is this key "hidden" anywhere in the registry or ??
|
| Thanks.

 

[Norm]

Go to google.com, click on groups, navigate to this group and do a search on
lost product key.

I'm trying to create a disaster recovery CD via Dantz Backup, but it wants

my WinXP product ID key. I can't find it any more and it tells me I won't
be able to restore my system w/out it. Is this key "hidden" anywhere in the
registry or ??