someguynamedmatt Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 Okay a simple problem, that most of you will find easy to solve, except for me. I've never delved into this region before but need to. Story below, problem after.I bought a laptop from a cousin of mine that has a COA on it. It's for WINXP Home. Laptop is a Gateway 600YGR. His brother initially bought it, but was suddenly killed a few months later. Now I have it, but there is no rescue disc, no reinstall partition, nothing. So what I would really like to do is a reinstall and get all of my stuff on a fresh OS. Easy right? Well here's the problem. I don't have an OEM Home edition disc. All I have is an Upgrade cd. I've looked around and have seen a few posts regarding the oembios.bin, .dat and .sig files and have done a search for these and guess what, they are there. Do these files necessitate a gateway oem cd be used or can I change the PID value in the upgrade cd to be an oem cd? Any help is appreciated since I would really like to use the provided COA rather than using one of my professional cd-keys that is not in use just in case someone smart enoguh stole the laptop and used magicjellybean and got both of my cd keys. Links, calling me stupid for asking but still helping me out, and pointing me in the right direction are great. Telling me to search doesn't help since I have searched but have been rather unsuccessful. So first post with many more to come, hopefulkly. Thanks again in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blinkdt Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 @someguynamedmatt Without sounding too harsh, the forum is called "Unattended Windows" and not "Help Me Reinstall On My Laptop." Are you sure you are in the right place?Out of curiosity, what is a "COA?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urie Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 @blinkdt,A Certificate of Authenticity (COA) is a label that helps you identify genuine Microsoft software. A COA is not a software license – it is a visual identifier that assists in determining whether or not the Microsoft software you are running is genuine. However, without it, you will not have a legal license to run Microsoft software. A COA should never be purchased by itself without the software it authenticates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
someguynamedmatt Posted September 9, 2006 Author Share Posted September 9, 2006 Yes I am in the right place because I want to create an unattended windows setup. I';v created a few befor eutilizing full version or oem version professional, but never a home upgrade which is why I want/need the help. And I do know how to reinstall oin the laptop, but again, I posted in this section because I want to do an unattended install.Does that answer your question, without sounding to harsh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T D Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 http://unattended.msfn.orgWhen you google unattended windows guide, this is the first result you get! That's how I found it anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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