I bought a used laptop with (OEM) XP Pro factory installed. It did not come with the recovery disks. The hard drive died. I bought a new drive and installed it. I have the product key on the COA on the bottom of the laptop. Can I get a copy of XP Pro (either downloaded or CD) that will accept my product key? If so where? Could I download a copy via P2P and insert or change the product key to my own with Key reader/changer software I see advertised?
Microsoft will not do anything because it is an OEM copy they say ANY problems must be handled by Gateway. Gateway says they do not store previously supplied product codes, replace disks,or supply new key codes.
Microsoft will not do anything because it is an OEM copy they say ANY problems must be handled by Gateway. Gateway says they do not store previously supplied product codes, replace disks,or supply new key codes.