Re-install W2K Pro with no PID

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Look for a product key sticker on top/ side/ bottom of the pc.

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"Rick V" wrote:
| My Windows 2000 Professional has become corrupted and will
| not boot. I have the OEM re-installation CD (Dell), but
| whenever I go to repair or install, it of course requests
| my Product ID, and I apparently long since misplaced my
| doc with this info. W2K boots to the Setup screen, and I
| cannot get to a desktop to find the PID. I do have a
| diagnostic floppy, and so can boot to a DOS prompt using
| that. All the drives seem to read OK.
|
| How can I either find the PID, or change the switch so I
| can at least get to the Desktop?
|
| Thanks a bunch.
|
| rsv