Windows activation - new hard drive and reinstalled Windows, but will not work with the product key
Hi all
My hard drive died so I put a new in and installed Windows on a drive, but when I have just activated and put my product key does not work. In fact, I get this day by putting in and then it says character not aloud.
Please can someone help? All I've done is put a new hard drive in but guess that Windows detects that the product key has been used on the old, which explains why it won't work on the new. What should I do to activate the key?
Thank you
Richard
Thanks a lot for your useful replies. I've got in contact with Microsoft and they gave me a key and it worked!
Thank you
Richard
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Validation of Windows data-->Validation code: 0
Code of Validation caching online: 0x0
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Office details:{AC8177E3-D2B0-45ED-B79B-E129894262D3} 1.9.0027.0 6.1.7601.2.00010300.1.0.003 x 64 *-*-*-*-RMV82 00359-OEM-8992687-00095 2 S-1-5-21-1225630707-1574482703-4192685535 Dell Inc.. Inspiron N5030 Dell Inc.. A02 20100913000000.000000 + 00032933F07018400F8 0409 0409 Time(GMT-05:00) Standard is 0 3 DELL WN09 109 Content Spsys.log: 0 x 80070002
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