Windows Recovery
 

Having used a recovery disk on an old H.P Pavilion with
Windows 98, I discovered that I could not find the
original Certificate of authenticity which had the
product key. As a result, I am unable to operate the
computer. Is anyone able to help or advise me. Thank
you.

Windows Recovery
 

Hi Thomas,

You will have to contact HP on that.

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Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/
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"Thomas" wrote
Having used a recovery disk on an old H.P Pavilion with
Windows 98, I discovered that I could not find the
original Certificate of authenticity which had the
product key. As a result, I am unable to operate the
computer. Is anyone able to help or advise me. Thank
you.

Windows Recovery
 

The W98 ProductKey is generally found on the Windows user manual, the
certificate of authenticity, a sticker on the PC or a sticker on the sleeve
or jewel case the Windows CD came in. The 25-digit key is 5 groups of 5
alpha/numeric characters. The Key might be available from the system:

If the system is working in either safe or normal mode:

Open regedit.exe to this key and look in the right pane for the entry
ProductKey:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion

If the system is not working, start the computer with a floppy startup disk.

At the A: prompt, type: C:\Windows\Command\Find /N "ProductKey"
C:\Windows\System.dat
(Note: ProductKey must be typed in upper and lower case letters as shown
and there is a space after: "Find" after: "/N" and after:
"ProductKey"

If the hard drive has been formatted, US customers can contact Microsoft at:
1 800 642-7676. They will issue retail and OEM product keys after verifying
data located on the W98 CD.

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Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"Thomas" wrote in message
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Having used a recovery disk on an old H.P Pavilion with
Windows 98, I discovered that I could not find the
original Certificate of authenticity which had the
product key. As a result, I am unable to operate the
computer. Is anyone able to help or advise me. Thank
you.