- May 28, 2007
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Hello, chapter 2 of working on my numbnut neighor's PC. The PC is an old 800Mhz PIII, 128MB RAM, 20GB HD, Windows Mellenium system. A few years back, by a company somewhere here in the city, it was upgraded to a 120GB HD and Windows XP. Well the dumb...(fella) that installed XP DIN"T PUT THE FREAKIN CD-KEY ON THE SYSTEM. The XP installation went belly up, no possibility to boot into it. I have the drive in a work system (one I use to work on other's pc's) and I can get the data and all. So I have two quetions.
1. Most importantly
Is there any file that holds the CD-key that I could get to? I REALLY need it to reinstall the XP.
2. I can't remember all of it, but is it possible to just copy and paste the i386 folder of the XP CD (Retail copy) to the Windows folder of the hard drive to act as a repair install?
Thanks alot, prompt responses welcome.
1. Most importantly
Is there any file that holds the CD-key that I could get to? I REALLY need it to reinstall the XP.
2. I can't remember all of it, but is it possible to just copy and paste the i386 folder of the XP CD (Retail copy) to the Windows folder of the hard drive to act as a repair install?
Thanks alot, prompt responses welcome.