XP clean install

[TheTigerUK]

Any help or advice much appreciated, my desk top had just about come to a
standstill so i decided on a complete fresh install of xp pro. All going well
until key required, i looked on the back of my cd case and instead of a
serial number it said :WINDOWS XPPRO GENUINE ADV ENGLISH INTL DIRECT CD NO
KEY and i dumped my old case ages ago which must of had the COA on it duh is
there anything i can do ?
Thanks for any help.

 

[M]

Any help or advice much appreciated, my desk top had just about come to a
standstill so i decided on a complete fresh install of xp pro. All going well
until key required, i looked on the back of my cd case and instead of a
serial number it said :WINDOWS XPPRO GENUINE ADV ENGLISH INTL DIRECT CD NO
KEY and i dumped my old case ages ago which must of had the COA on it duh is
there anything i can do ?
Thanks for any help.

I'm afraid, if the disk is wiped, you're out of luck. If XP were still
running, you could have gotten the Product Key with numerous free programs.

M

 

[TheTigerUK]

Thanks for the reply