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Guest
Hi,
I have a Windows Media Center 2005 PC that I built with an online
integrator. My hardware failed and I needed to change motherboards, so I am
trying to repair the OS on the old harddrive with the new motherboard.
Unfortunately, I misplaced my product key sheet. To be clear, I bought and
own a copy of the OS and I still have the original CDs. On top of that, I
have my Product ID (which I got before I finally disconnected the old
computer -- it failed on the PCI bus, so it still booted, but the PCI cards
didn't work.)
I had, mistakenly, thought that the Product ID was the product key.
Clearly, it's not. Also, I can even produce the receipt from the purchase of
the OS, if necessary.
If there *any* way I can recover the product key from Microsoft?
I'm at my wits end, and I really don't want to buy a whole new copy of an
OS, when I'm looking at the pretty, holographic disks with all of the data
right now...
To top it off, this was a dedicated media server for the house, even with
media extenders... My whole family is without TV until I figure this out.
I'm hoping to maintain the install of the current OS, since I have everything
setup just so...
Any help would be *VERY* appreciated.
Thanks,
Dan.
I have a Windows Media Center 2005 PC that I built with an online
integrator. My hardware failed and I needed to change motherboards, so I am
trying to repair the OS on the old harddrive with the new motherboard.
Unfortunately, I misplaced my product key sheet. To be clear, I bought and
own a copy of the OS and I still have the original CDs. On top of that, I
have my Product ID (which I got before I finally disconnected the old
computer -- it failed on the PCI bus, so it still booted, but the PCI cards
didn't work.)
I had, mistakenly, thought that the Product ID was the product key.
Clearly, it's not. Also, I can even produce the receipt from the purchase of
the OS, if necessary.
If there *any* way I can recover the product key from Microsoft?
I'm at my wits end, and I really don't want to buy a whole new copy of an
OS, when I'm looking at the pretty, holographic disks with all of the data
right now...
To top it off, this was a dedicated media server for the house, even with
media extenders... My whole family is without TV until I figure this out.
I'm hoping to maintain the install of the current OS, since I have everything
setup just so...
Any help would be *VERY* appreciated.
Thanks,
Dan.