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COA Product ID doesn't work on restore
The product ID from the original COA does not work. I
had started the restore process prior to discovering that. Is there a way to get back to the product ID stored in the registry? |
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COA Product ID doesn't work on restore
The ProductID is not what's needed, you need the ProductKey. What =
restore process are you talking about that requires a ProductKey, a = Recovery or Restore disk supplied by the OEM? =20 If you need the product key and have not formatted your drive, MVP = George Gedye has an app that will pull it from the registry for you. http://www.mvps.org/PracticallyNerded/ Click on Software, click on Applications, scroll down to RegInfo ver3. Your ProductID and Product Key can be found in the registry. Go to = Start Run, type in: regedit and hit enter. Navigate to: Hkey_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion Click once on CurrentVersion, the name not the +, and scroll to = ProductID or ProductKey in the right pane. If you can't boot Win98, but haven't formatted the system drive, then = boot with a startup floppy or to a command prompt and run either of = these: C:\Windows\command\Find /I "ProductKey" c:\windows\system.dat C:\Windows\command\Find /I "ProductKey" c:\system.1st If these steps aren't possible (you already formatted it), 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. --=20 Brian A. Jack of all trades, Master of none. One can never truly be a master as there is always more to learn. "Brad" wrote in message = ... The product ID from the original COA does not work. I=20 had started the restore process prior to discovering=20 that. Is there a way to get back to the product ID=20 stored in the registry?=20 |
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COA Product ID doesn't work on restore
I keep getting "FIND: Incorrect MS-DOS version"
I made the boot disk from my XP machine. -----Original Message----- The ProductID is not what's needed, you need the ProductKey. What restore process are you talking about that requires a ProductKey, a Recovery or Restore disk supplied by the OEM? If you need the product key and have not formatted your drive, MVP George Gedye has an app that will pull it from the registry for you. http://www.mvps.org/PracticallyNerded/ Click on Software, click on Applications, scroll down to RegInfo ver3. Your ProductID and Product Key can be found in the registry. Go to Start Run, type in: regedit and hit enter. Navigate to: Hkey_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Cur rentVers ion Click once on CurrentVersion, the name not the +, and scroll to ProductID or ProductKey in the right pane. If you can't boot Win98, but haven't formatted the system drive, then boot with a startup floppy or to a command prompt and run either of these: C:\Windows\command\Find /I "ProductKey" c:\windows\system.dat C:\Windows\command\Find /I "ProductKey" c:\system.1st If these steps aren't possible (you already formatted it), 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. -- Brian A. Jack of all trades, Master of none. One can never truly be a master as there is always more to learn. "Brad" wrote in message ... The product ID from the original COA does not work. I had started the restore process prior to discovering that. Is there a way to get back to the product ID stored in the registry? . |
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COA Product ID doesn't work on restore
That doesn't answer any of my enquiries! Please explain in detail =
exactly what you are attempting and why. --=20 Brian A. Jack of all trades, Master of none. One can never truly be a master as there is always more to learn. wrote in message = ... I keep getting "FIND: Incorrect MS-DOS version"=20 =20 I made the boot disk from my XP machine. =20 =20 -----Original Message----- The ProductID is not what's needed, you need the=20 ProductKey. What restore process are you talking about=20 that requires a ProductKey, a Recovery or Restore disk=20 supplied by the OEM? =20 If you need the product key and have not formatted your=20 drive, MVP George Gedye has an app that will pull it from=20 the registry for you. http://www.mvps.org/PracticallyNerded/ Click on Software, click on Applications, scroll down to=20 RegInfo ver3. Your ProductID and Product Key can be found in the=20 registry. Go to Start Run, type in: regedit and hit=20 enter. Navigate to: Hkey_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Cur rentVers ion Click once on CurrentVersion, the name not the +, and=20 scroll to ProductID or ProductKey in the right pane. If you can't boot Win98, but haven't formatted the=20 system drive, then boot with a startup floppy or to a=20 command prompt and run either of these: C:\Windows\command\Find /I "ProductKey"=20 c:\windows\system.dat C:\Windows\command\Find /I "ProductKey" c:\system.1st If these steps aren't possible (you already formatted=20 it), US customers can contact Microsoft at: 1 800 642- 7676. They will issue retail and OEM product keys after verifying data located=20 on the W98 CD. --=20 Brian A. Jack of all trades, Master of none. One can never truly be a master as there is always more=20 to learn. "Brad" wrote in=20 message ... The product ID from the original COA does not work. I=20 had started the restore process prior to discovering=20 that. Is there a way to get back to the product ID=20 stored in the registry?=20 =20 . |
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