masterx81 Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 Hi to all...I own a Packard bell notebook with a windows XP MCE 2005 license stiker on the bottom, but i've lost the original cd's, and now the hard disk has failed, so i must reinstall the os without having the cd.I've seen that there are some trick to convert a normal xp mce cd to SLP, but every time the cd will not work...I've read something about oembios files, but i wasn't able to find a complete guide to made the slp cd from a normal xp mce 2005 cd...Someone can help me to use my legitimate version of xp?Really thanks!
PsiMoon314 Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 Hi,Even if you had the origional Packard Bell Installation or Recovery CD/DVD's for Windows you may still find it fails to install.Packard Bell PC's often use a technique called "Tattoing" to mark the hard drive with special additional information to ensure you cannot install a Packard Bell version of Windows onto another PC.If you replace the hard drive with a new one (because the old one failed for example) the Packard Bell Installation or Recovery CD/DVD may not work without the tattoing in place on the new drive. Packard Bell is often reluctant to release information on how to tattoo a new hard drive; however a Google search may find useful information on this.Personally I would source a set of generic Windows XP MCE 2005 install disks and use the licence key on the product sticker to get this PC up and running again.Kind RegardsSimon
masterx81 Posted June 26, 2008 Author Posted June 26, 2008 Hi!First of all... Thanks for the prompt answer!I've already tryied to install an xp mce 2005 oem cd and use the code on the bottom, but it not work!Reading on the net, i've seen that SLP systems have all an unique product key serial used for the installation, different from the one on the bottom.I've read that this is normal on SLP systems, that have 'something' in the bios to activate the copy.Any suggestion?Thanks!
urie Posted June 27, 2008 Posted June 27, 2008 Hi!First of all... Thanks for the prompt answer!I've already tryied to install an xp mce 2005 oem cd and use the code on the bottom, but it not work!Reading on the net, i've seen that SLP systems have all an unique product key serial used for the installation, different from the one on the bottom.I've read that this is normal on SLP systems, that have 'something' in the bios to activate the copy.Any suggestion?Thanks!PsiMoon314 is wrong packard bell can be activated with correct disk you need oem bios files for packard bell, here are a few links to look through.http://www.msfn.org/board/OEMScan-Automate...amp;hl=oem+bioshttp://www.msfn.org/board/Building-a-Pre-a...amp;hl=oem+bioshttp://forums.mydigitallife.info/index.phphttp://keznews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7008 this says for vista but lets you know how SLP works.have a look here for more info http://forums.mydigitallife.info/forumdisplay.php?f=5, P.S. you will have info in bios i,e, SLP string you are just using wrong disk
CoffeeFiend Posted June 27, 2008 Posted June 27, 2008 Packard Bell is still around? I was convinced they went under like 10 years ago...
FreeStyler Posted June 28, 2008 Posted June 28, 2008 Packard Bell is still around? I was convinced they went under like 10 years ago...Ever used Google?http://www.packardbell.com/
Kelsenellenelvian Posted June 28, 2008 Posted June 28, 2008 Yeah they just died in the US and Canada...
CoffeeFiend Posted June 28, 2008 Posted June 28, 2008 Ever used Google?Nope, never heard of Google!Packard Bell essentially disappeared from every store everywhere 10 years ago in all of North America so I thought they must have died (nobody wanted to buy their junk at any price). I was just expressing my surprise, I didn't need a course on how to use a search engine, heh.
masterx81 Posted June 28, 2008 Author Posted June 28, 2008 (edited) Here in europe there is still a little market for packard bell...The quality is... Doh... They are very cheap :->In any case...I'm not able to find the packard bell oem SLP key for the MCE edition of Windows XP, i find only keys for xp professional or tablet edition...Thanks for the help!!!---Uff... I've searched over the net, but i haven't found also the right PID for xp mce 2005 italian...Some help? Thanks!---Little addition:The mediacenter 2005 oem cd's that i own have pid = 76435000The cd's are in italian language (the same as the system), but where i can find an SLP key for this PID? Edited June 28, 2008 by masterx81
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