XP product key, but the OS of XP No present... read n If you can help.

After a virus attack the PC and killed, the operating system removed and we want the old XP back under our license / product key or need to fork on 104 £-£124 on 1PC license, we did not copies of a backup of the operating system drive at the time. Any help appreciated. Purchase of an authentic disk without a product key wouldn't count as authentic? or disks have some data that allow a license key to run out of... or does he know that it is installed before saying if it is used in relation to a whole new O.S. in XP?

After a virus attack the PC and killed, the operating system removed and we want the old XP back under our license / product key or need to fork on 104 £-£124 on 1PC license, we did not copies of a backup of the operating system drive at the time. Any help appreciated. Purchase of an authentic disk without a product key wouldn't count as authentic? or disks have some data that allow a license key to run out of... or does he know that it is installed before saying if it is used in relation to a whole new O.S. in XP?

Sorry, but I can't understand your question.

You have a Windows XP installation CD?

You have your product key? If so, what type of Windows installation has been this - OEM (for example, if it is preinstalled on the computer) or retail?

There is nothing on the CD that binds to a particular product key, but the CD that you use must match the CD in regard to OEM edition compared to the retail and upgrade vs. full,.

If you buy a CD without a product key, it is not authentic; It is hacked, and you would look in trouble.

And in regards to the used CDs, note that a copy retail may be moved from one computer to another, but an OEM one cannot.

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