Have XP Key, but no disk

[Krissie]

Hi there!

I was hoping somebody here might help me?

I've got a Packard Bell Easynote E2 series laptop that used to run XP home. I recently had to replace the hard drive after the old one stopped working, but now I can't re-install wndows. Even though I have an OEM licence key on the CoA sticker, I don't have a recovery partition, a working installation, or a recovery CD.

Packard Bell apparently don't issue recovery CD's for computers over 3 years old. Is there anything I can do? I have a friend with an XP Pro disk, but the key won't work.

How can I install windows so that I can use my license?

 

[Lanarkshire IT]

Hi there!

I was hoping somebody here might help me?

I've got a Packard Bell Easynote E2 series laptop that used to run XP home. I recently had to replace the hard drive after the old one stopped working, but now I can't re-install wndows. Even though I have an OEM licence key on the CoA sticker, I don't have a recovery partition, a working installation, or a recovery CD.

Packard Bell apparently don't issue recovery CD's for computers over 3 years old. Is there anything I can do? I have a friend with an XP Pro disk, but the key won't work.

How can I install windows so that I can use my license?

hi there

get a friends xp home oem disk (must be the same type) and reinstall using YOUR OEM KEY or u might get some joy from MS

regards

 

[Tedster]

borrow an XP CD, use the key you have.