windows xp problem

[butz68]

my hard drive crashed and hand a new drive installed and
all the information was ghosted over to the new drive. I
am now receiving a msg from microsoft that windows xp
needs to be reinitialized. I do not have the key for re
loading windows xp b/c this was my dad's computer and he
gave it to me and no longer has the key for this version
of windows xp. What can I do?

 

[roger]

Hi butz68,

my hard drive crashed and hand a new drive installed and
all the information was ghosted over to the new drive. I
am now receiving a msg from microsoft that windows xp
needs to be reinitialized. I do not have the key for re
loading windows xp b/c this was my dad's computer and he
gave it to me and no longer has the key for this version
of windows xp. What can I do?

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

Good luck

 

[Guest]

I always write the keys on my disks to always have them handy. They may be somehow on the disk (or should be to avoid problems like yours)

 

[Guest]

call MS and explain the problem. they should be able to help

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