mi9tchy Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 i've got a HP laptop that has a windows xp home edition licence, but i've lost the cd for it, i've tried a couple OEM and retail versions, but they dont accept the key on the bottom of the laptop can anyone help me?thanks mitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChris Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 (edited) Read this thread.http://www.thetechguide.com/howto/setuppini.htmlMrChris Edited June 30, 2006 by MrChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrf2027 Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 As a Royalty OEM, HP probably has a specific product key for installation of preactivated HP OEM CD's (or recovery partitions as the case may be). If you find an HP OEM CD, the product key should be included in the winnt.sif file.Otherwise, Microsoft has a page posting generic product keys for installation (but not activation) of Windows XP Home, Pro, etc. Just do a search on microsoft.com and you'll find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XiaoYu Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 Maybe it is difficult to find that CD Key.So please contact HP,HP can help you to get another CD.Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bezalel Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 (edited) i've got a HP laptop that has a windows xp home edition licence, but i've lost the cd for it, i've tried a couple OEM and retail versions, but they dont accept the key on the bottom of the laptop can anyone help me?thanks mitchYou should be able to use the Key on your laptop with a generic OEM CD. You will just have to activate by phone because your key is blocked from online activation.If you want to rebuild a preactivated CD you can get the OEMBIOS files from http://www.oembios.net (Posting OEMBIOS files was already OKed by a mod) and compress them with makecab. You can use a key from http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechn...oy/wpadepl.mspx. Edited November 27, 2006 by Bezalel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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