Restored for laptop, need to activate Windows Vista product key on the laptop is unreadable

My computer has been recently completely reset and now I need to activate windows vista again. In order to obtain a sustainable version of vista that I need a product key, however, the bottom of my laptop product key has some unreadable letters/numbers. What can I do about it?

Hello

I suggest that you contact the manufacturer of your computer and the recovery order discs form their

need you normally not a product key to install

ask them about it

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