mariosmentor Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 Okay in the begining i had a pc that was royally fucked after taking it to a rogue trader overnight he wiped everything on my hard drive and re installed windows, i didn't bother much which i should have about installing my own copy and now 250 gigs of data later( that i can't be bothered losing or transfering) i'm being told my copy of windows is not genuine is there anyway I can use my original cd key or something or an option to install my old windows xp without erasing anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmellow Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 Get Genuine Windows only thing i can think of hope it helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginger_Chris Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 Tired of having to pay for mediocre producs? Wish you to could use a computer without havingto pay £50 actully do anything? Like Penguines? Well if you answered yes to at least one of these questions you could probably benifit from using linux. Its like windows, but free. Did i mention it was free? More information: http://www.ubuntu.com/ If you'd rather pay for windows then id sugest just getting windows xp. or if you not really ussedabout games, using that old leit copy of windows 95 that everyone has lying around. However you do have a legit copy, so cant you use your legit product key to activate/verify the new one? If not id probably recommend transfereing your data to another computer (just get a crossover network cable). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jordan Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 Linux... lol! If you have a legit key, just ring up MS they'll help you sort it usually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmellow Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 Edit by Jordan: Although this is one method, its kinda seen as illegal. So i can't let you type that. Sorry! its not illegal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 Edit by Jordan: Again, illegal. >_> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorty Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 ....linux. Its like windows.... Wtf....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmellow Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 i hate to argue with you jordan, but that came strait from Microsoft, when i was having validating problems... edit* ill forward the email to you, if you are really convinced its illegal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 i hate to argue with you jordan, but that came strait from Microsoft, when i was having validating problems... Me too Jordan, but look: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q328874 EDIT - Infact, screw that, you want this: http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/purchase/UpdateInstructions.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariosmentor Posted June 16, 2006 Author Share Posted June 16, 2006 That last link worked perfectly, excactly what I wanted just to be able to type my cd key in to prove it owned it. Thats for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jordan Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 Right, sorry guys. Seems like it wasn't. Its too late to restore your posts, but it seems like this is all sorted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariosmentor Posted June 16, 2006 Author Share Posted June 16, 2006 Hey, relax guy. you're just upholding the law of the land. Now lets leave this bitch behind us, case solved. A+ for the investigation team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmellow Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 it's all good jordan were just sneaky;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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