Impossible to reinstall Windows 7 license key is partially deleted

Hello.
My HARD drive seems to be corrupted and needs to be reformatted. My backup CD does not work. My license key of Windows 7 at the back of my PC is partly erased. Is it possible that I can reinstall using a Win 7 ISO file, or otherwise?
Thank you and best regards,
Guillaume.

Tuesday, October 2, 2012 19:29:33 + 0000, GuillaumeThuery wrote:

My HARD drive seems to be corrupted

How do you know? What are the symptoms?

and must be reformatted.

If the disc is damaged, reformatting it won't help. A damaged disc
must be replaced.

My backup CD does not work.

Please tell us what means 'do not work '. Exactly how you try
use them? What happens when you try? If you get an error message
Please quote verbatim.

My license key of Windows 7 at the back of my PC is partly erased.

Contact your manufacturer to find out what it was.

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP

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