Hi everyone,
I have recently purchased a laptop that has a damaged hard drive, so I am going to replace the hard drive then reinstall xp on the new hard drive. Problem is I don't have the xp cd to do this, I think you can contact hp and order new cd's for a cost, however I don't really want to wait or pay the money. Just wondering if I can grab someone elses xp cd and use my product key that is on the laptop ? Or does anyone know of a site where I can download xp and use this disc to install xp but then use my genuine product key ? Also, on the sticker of the laptop the product key is legible however the operating system and version is not, so is there somwhere on the net where I can type in my product key and it'l tell me what OS it is and what version ? I know its windows xp because the previous owner told me but I do not know if its home or professional version. And Im guessing I would need to know this to get the correct cd to reinstall using the product key ?
Any help is much appreciated.
Cheers, Andrew
I have recently purchased a laptop that has a damaged hard drive, so I am going to replace the hard drive then reinstall xp on the new hard drive. Problem is I don't have the xp cd to do this, I think you can contact hp and order new cd's for a cost, however I don't really want to wait or pay the money. Just wondering if I can grab someone elses xp cd and use my product key that is on the laptop ? Or does anyone know of a site where I can download xp and use this disc to install xp but then use my genuine product key ? Also, on the sticker of the laptop the product key is legible however the operating system and version is not, so is there somwhere on the net where I can type in my product key and it'l tell me what OS it is and what version ? I know its windows xp because the previous owner told me but I do not know if its home or professional version. And Im guessing I would need to know this to get the correct cd to reinstall using the product key ?
Any help is much appreciated.
Cheers, Andrew