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Old Jul 29, 2005 | 07:21 PM
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Default Windows XP Product Keys

My Dell laptop came with windows xp home pre-installed but does have a product ID key sticker on the base of the machine.

If I want to format and re-install the OS, will a copy of windows which came with an old PC I no longer use work with my product key?

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Old Jul 29, 2005 | 07:54 PM
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Probably a Dell OEM Product Key which will demand a Dell "reinstallation" CD and not a vanilla XP disc. Do you not have the key for the media for the old machine? If it was provided as OEM on the old machine you can't legally transfer it anyway, but we won't worry about that just yet
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Old Jul 29, 2005 | 11:00 PM
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Dont FDisk if you dont have recovery media as the machine will probably be using hidden sector recovery.

Simon
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