SP1 Key - Lost XP CD

[Jen Neo]

I just got a new machine to swap from my old one. Problem here is that I have
lost my Win XP Pro CD which was bought way before SP1 appeared. I just tried
installing with a borrowed XP Pro SP2 CD and it says my key is not valid. Is
there a way to solve this?

 

[Jen Neo]

Clarification, my XP Pro key is pre-SP1.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

How to Replace Lost, Broken, or Missing Microsoft Software or Hardware
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326246/en-gb

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience -
Windows System & Performance

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I just got a new machine to swap from my old one. Problem here is that I have
lost my Win XP Pro CD which was bought way before SP1 appeared. I just tried
installing with a borrowed XP Pro SP2 CD and it says my key is not valid. Is
there a way to solve this?

 

[John John]

Are you using the same type of CD, Retail keys only work with Retail
CDs, OEM keys only work with OEM cds.

John

 

[Jen Neo]

Is retail, from a nice packaged XP Box.

Are you using the same type of CD, Retail keys only work with Retail
CDs, OEM keys only work with OEM cds.

John

 

[John John]

How to Replace Lost, Broken, or Missing Microsoft Software or Hardware
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326246

SP2c is an OEM specific Service Pack which introduced a new Product
numbering scheme which cannot use prior keys but as far as I know that
is only supposed to apply to OEM versions, I'm not sure why you cannot
use your older retail Product ID with the new retail SP2 version, maybe
somebody else has a better answer, perhaps SP2c is now also used with
the newer retail versions?

Windows XP Service Pack 2c
http://oem.microsoft.com/public/seo/winxp_sp2c.htm

John