I need to reinstall xp home edition

but when you are prompted to enter the license key it said invalid key. I have not moved the drive nothing changed since the purchase, so can not understand y it will not work and can not find the phone number to contact microsoft

See if the procedure here prove why your key does not work:

"Windows Genuine Advantage does not validate a copy of Windows XP"
  <>http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/916247 >

HTH,
JW

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