Replace hard drive, no readable product key; How to reinstall Windows 7?

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• Reinstall windows on the larger hard drive with the product key, but not drive. PC was custom and retailer out of business.

  It is my mother's computer.  She is 90 and is unwilling to learn a new OS.  I want to reinstall XP on a hard disk that has 300 GB and is already installed in the E drive.  His original hard drive is 40 GB and 35 are in use.  I have the original Windows product key but not the windows CD.  the retailer who has built and sold this pc is out of business.  What is the best way to achieve this?

  You can borrow a retail XP CD from a friend of yours and activate it using your product key.

  Just make sure that if your key is for home then get XP Home etc.

• Replaced my hard drive and my product key is missing

  I just replaced my hard drive on my computer and went through the installation process. I have a legitimate version of windows that was recorded before. This is the same computer, but I can't find my product key for Finnish installation. I tried to call, but the given number cannot be reached in my region... apparently. Is there some way that since then I taped the product key can be recovered? I really need this for school so the sooner the better.

  I was searching the Internet and ran across this site: http://windowskeymarket.com they do not always have the key I was looking for this is why I missed it before, it really depends on if they are in the stem. This time they did it. Thanks for the help!

• Vista - replaced hard drive recovery - disk product SP1 - wicked problems

  Diagnosis indicates a failure possible hard drive on my old desk.

  I replaced the hard drive and used the recovery disc.

  The original machine must have been with Vista Home Premium SP1.

  I can't read most of the web pages - IE7 lacks some features

  I can't update IE since IE8 is not supported on my operating system.

  I can't upgrade via IE, because IE is obsolete.

  I downloaded the SP2.

  I can't install SP2 because Microsoft only supports VISTA with SP2.

  Since the machine is way out of warranty, HP wants to take on talk.

  I'm so hosed. What I have to buy a more recent OS and hope, or is there another solution that I can keep Vista.

  Thank you

  PatinTX

  Hi pantinx,

  Welcome to the forums of hp. Thank you for your query.

  Sorry to hear about the difficulty you have had with your upgrade.

  Unfortunately in your old hard drive, there was a recovery sector all installed at the factory of hp information.

  The recovery disk works on your computer with your old hard drive.

  Option 1 Source disc Vista Home Premium (from Microsoft or HP)

  In order to solve your problem, you will need to get an original family premium vista disk or disk of vista Home premium with SP2 or the vista disk .iso image Home premium with Service Pack 2.

  * An ISO image is a file to archive an optical disc, a type of disk image composed of the contents of each sector of an optical disc, including the disc writing optical file systemdata *.

  Get the product key from the back of your computer.

  Insert the diskette into the computer or use the tool microsoft usb/dvd tool to create an iso image of the cd or choose the iso file on computer.

  Create a bootable USB drive or use the original disc.

  Run.

  Enter the product key.

  Option 2 install a new OS (Windows 7)

  Follow the steps for installing in link.

  I hope this helps. I am taking the floor for me and not for HP.

• Recently replaced hard drive and ram, when I tried to activate Windows Vista Home Premium says the code has been used, how to fix this?

  I've recently updated my hard drive and ram, and when I tried to activate Windows Vista Home Premium, but got an error that says that he was already in use. I had used the code until I replaced the hardware, how to activate it on my new equipment?

  You can reactivate your Windows Vista installation by doing the following:

  1. click on the Start button and in the box, type search: slui.exe 4

  2. press the Enter key on your keyboard.

  3 select your country.

  4 follow the instructions for the activation of the telephone (toll-free).

• Reinstall XP Pro upgrade after formatting the hard drive, the invalid product key

  I'm going through a gateway with xp adding purched proessional xp home. The hard drive has been formatted before the upgrade.  When I get the xp professional product key I get an error message indicating the product key is not valid.  The product key, as I enter corresponds to the product key in the business directory to the i386/unatended.txt xp CD.

  Thank you

  Steve

  * original title - family xp to xp pro upgrade *.

  Hi SteveConley,

  1. have you fully formatted the hard drive?

  2. what type of Windows XP Professional CD? It of an upgrade or clean installation CD?

  As you have formatted the hard disk, you can perform a clean install will impose you an operating system available on the computer to perform an installation upgrade.

  You cannot use the upgrade product key to perform a clean installation.

• Dead hard drive and no product key to reinstall

  I'm fixing my brother who had the HD from laptop. The guarantee was until a year ago so I'll buy a new HD online and it will be there Friday. Unfortunately, he pulled the windows product key sticker, so now that there is no product key. What should I do now?

  just to be sure check the battery compartment. If the COA disappeared there are two choices. purchase of a new license or if windows was preinstalled, then you can order your manufacturer OEM recovery disks. (no key needed, because the OEM SLP key is embedded).

• my hard drive was erased and I need to reinstall windows on my lapyop.i not a product code but no disc

  How can I reinstall windows xp on my laptop? I have a product code, but I do not have a disk.

  If Windows XP came pre-installed on your computer, contact your computer manufacturer for a replacement installation disc. If you purchased a retail version of Windows XP, contact Microsoft.
  This article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base has the details: How to replace Microsoft software or hardware, order service packs and updates of product and replace product manuals   Boulder computer Maven
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• I installed a new hard drive, the old is dead I can reinstall windows and activate it

  my hard drive has failed and used to re boot or reinstall computers and no amount of formatting will fix it...

  I put in a new bigger harddrive under and you have installed my OS {windows vista ultimate 64-bit} and ownloaded all updates and it will not turn on keeps saying the product in use key?

  what I have to buy a new operating system, each time a hard drive takes a fault and dies?

  You must activate by phone

  telephone activation.
  Click the Start button
  in the search box, type
  SLUI 4
  and press the Enter key
  Follow the instructions - but when asked which service you need the ansafone phone, don't answer - it should oblige the operator to answer, who can deal with you.

• Change HARD drive can always use recovery disk to reinstall Windows?

  I have a HP dv7-4296nr, partition recovery and recovery disks. Now, I want to change the current HARD drive to the new HARD drive. But I wonderring after I change the HARD drive, can I use the restore disc I burned before reinstalling windows?

  Hello

  Yes you can.  Your existing set of recovery disks will not only install the operating system on the new hard drive, but will also reinstall all of the original software that came with your laptop as well as re - create the Partition D of recovery on the new drive.

  Kind regards

  DP - K

• Satellite C870 - 1 K 1 and replacing hard drive

  Hello

  I would like to replace the hard drive of wonderful this notebook with a hard disk of 500 GB 750.
  How should I proceed with the Windows installed on the original hard drive, the migration to the new.
  I do not have a CD ROM of Windows 8, was not included when I bought the laptop

  Thanks for your help and suggestions...
  Greetings

  Lambert (Belgium)

  If you use your laptop with an original operating system preinstalled, you can create recovery media using pre-installed recovery media creator tool. After replacing HARD drive, you can use this media and reinstall the original recovery image.

  After that your laptop will again have to factory settings.

• Cannot install Windows 8 on the replacement hard drive

  I got the replacement from Dell hard drive which he said would come with Windows 8 and pre-installed drivers. Well, I installed the hard drive and he said no. OS can be found. I didn't have a chance to make my own backup discs, but Dell sent a CD Windows 8 recovery media with the laptop and now with the replacement hard drive.

  When you try to install Windows 8 on the new hard drive, I get to the part where it tells me to choose a partition to install Windows 8 on and none of them will not let me. There are 5 to choose from and I don't know what to do to get past this. The largest partition either 5A about 934 GB of space left out of 1 TB, but as I said I can't choose it or one of the other ones for the installation.

  You just have to click on next, in any case, despite the message?  Otherwise:

  Start on the DVD of Windows 8, instead of install now, click repair your computer, Advanced Options, invites ... when it opens, type the following:

  DiskPart
  Select disk 0
  clean

  Then, try to install.

  The above will remove all the data partition and disk, allowing you to do a clean install on an empty drive (these scores are not required, and Windows will create its own partitions (two) he needs to install and run).

• Replaced the hard drive and when you try to re - install Windows XP, it says that my product key is not for the USA?

  Hello
  Old disk hard d800 NG,.
  Replaced hard drive should now load all components.
  XP Pro key = * deleted product key * says isn't for the USA?
  Replacement needed cd?
  All the programs and components and where is the best place to get them.
  Thank you

  original title: D800 REACTIVATION XPPRO

  Hi JohnWillsXB,

  I recommend you contact Microsoft customer support for assistance Service team. They will help you to validate Windows.

  For more information, please visit: how and when to contact Microsoft and support Customer Service?

  Hope the helps of information.

• Due to a hardware problem, I had my logic board and replaced hard drive. How can I do to reactivate older versions of adobe products? (Acrobat, Illustrator and Photoshop)

  Due to a hardware problem, I had my logic board and replaced hard drive. How can I do to reactivate older versions of adobe products? (Acrobat, Illustrator and Photoshop)

  Old version download apps:

  CS 6:

  https://helpx.Adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/CS6-product-downloads.html

  On the same page, you will have the possibility to download other versions.

  

• I had to replace my hard drive and now my key does not work

  I had to replace my hard drive and now my key does not work, it keeps giving the error 0xC004E003

  Have you tried to restart by phone?

  How to activate Windows 7 manually (activate by phone)
   
  1) click Start and in the search for box type: slui.exe 4
   
  (2) press the ENTER"" key.
   
  (3) select your "country" in the list.
   
  (4) choose the option "activate phone".
   
  (5) stay on the phone (do not select/press all options) and wait for a person to help you with the activation.
   
  (6) explain your problem clearly to the support person.
   
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/950929/en-us

  Activation error: 0XC004E003 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938450

  Please run the Microsoft Genuine Diagnostics Tool then copy and paste the results into an answer here for further analysis:
  http://go.Microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=52012