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David   09-20-2005 at 07:42:03 PM

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Hi, I want to reinstall windows on my computer. I put the CD in and it says
that a reinstallation cannot be done, I need to do a new install. The thing
is, if I do a new install and it asks me for a CD key, I don't have one. I
bought my computer from a gateway store and it already had Windows XP on it.
I never got a CD key.

I also had a problem when I reinstalled windows on another computer, the CD
key it came with didn't work. I had to use the key from another computer I
have. What's going on with the CD keys?

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Anonymous   09-20-2005 at 10:49:25 PM
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If the PC was bought with Windows pre-installed on it, you must have a CD
Key sticker on the case or on the underside of the laptop. Also, if it was
pre-installed, you may have had a System Recovery CD which will restore the
original XP, with Key installed and activated, at the time the PC left the
factory.


"David" <David@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:64AF86F8-2376-415C-B217-9EBB77D37EE1@microsoft.com...
> Hi, I want to reinstall windows on my computer. I put the CD in and it
> says
> that a reinstallation cannot be done, I need to do a new install. The
> thing
> is, if I do a new install and it asks me for a CD key, I don't have one.
> I
> bought my computer from a gateway store and it already had Windows XP on
> it.
> I never got a CD key.
>
> I also had a problem when I reinstalled windows on another computer, the
> CD
> key it came with didn't work. I had to use the key from another computer
> I
> have. What's going on with the CD keys?

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Anonymous   09-20-2005 at 08:52:54 PM
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On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 13:42:03 -0700, "David"
<David@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Hi, I want to reinstall windows on my computer. I put the CD in and it says
>that a reinstallation cannot be done, I need to do a new install. The thing
>is, if I do a new install and it asks me for a CD key, I don't have one. I
>bought my computer from a gateway store and it already had Windows XP on it.
>I never got a CD key.
>
>I also had a problem when I reinstalled windows on another computer, the CD
>key it came with didn't work. I had to use the key from another computer I
>have. What's going on with the CD keys?

A quick google found

http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml.

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