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How could I use the MCE Product ID from the sticker to install from XP Home or XP Pro CD? Thanks. Bill

Hi, I'm new to this forum...I had to replace the hard drive in a client's HP Pavilion PC....ordered and received the recovery Discs from HP...tried for a week with HP's technicians to get XP MCE to install from the recovery...no go...waiting for them to send a new set of discs...don't have much hope that this will help either... I have tried successfully to install XP Pro to the new hard drive, but the client's Product ID is for MCE. In the meantime I have been trying to figure out how to directly install XP MCE using Nlite, the i386 files on the recovery partition, and the valid MCE Product ID printed on the sticker... So far, my attempts have failed...can this be done? If so, what do I need to do? Bill