Satellite A20-S103D: two questions about the recovery process

Hello

I bought the machine above my nephew - is no longer necessary.
It runs Windows XP Home Edition and is not a Windows CD or disc of recovery of any kind.

I have a Windows decal on the underside with the product key, but when I use "Belarc Advisor" to examine the product keys for all my software loaded it gives a totally different operating system product key! This key contains the letters OEM in there.

As the machine is supplied with a Toshiba power management software I guess it's an OEM Toshiba of the OS version I have.

My questions are:
1 / this does not mean that at some point in the past, this machine was another product of Windows XP on it? (two product keys)
2 / I can, (and), I get the Windows XP CD or a recovery for the machine, like I need to recover or to reload Windows.

Thanks in advance to all members of the forum that meet.

> 1 / this does not mean that at some point in the past, this machine was another product of Windows XP on it? (two product keys)

The key you found at the bottom of the device belongs to the OEM of Windows version that is part of the recovery diskette.
The recovery disk is already enabled so that the key is not required in order to activate the Windows operating system.
As far as I know, that the key does not work with other versions of windows

> 2 / I can, (and), I get the Windows XP CD or a recovery for the machine, like I need to recover or to reload Windows.
Since it is an old, I doubt you'd be able to order the recovery for this device disc
If you want to install the Win operating system, then you must use a Windows CD clean valid keys and all drivers may be downloaded from the page of European driver of Toshiba.
The drivers are placed in the archive because it oldie s in order to choose the archives in the type of product to download the form.

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