jgeorge99 Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 I have 2 OFFICIAL Windows XP Pro Discs, however I only have 1 COA, I lost the other. Is there anyway to get this COA. The one I have came from TigerDirect, the one I lost I purchased with a barebone PC from ebay. My gut is telling me no but I thought I would try. I did hear something that on the center of the disc is a number that Microsoft can reference the COA for that disc. Not sure if this is true. I have read all kinds of things online and none of them work. Any ideas please let me know......thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 The complete Product Key is not present on a Windows disk.Part of the key is there to identify it as being the correct type but, the remainder is unique to a computer (when installed) and is the part that becomes registered at Microsoft as the identifier for that, and only that, computer.There is nothing user readable printed on the disk itself which relates to a Product Key. If you have a Windows system installed you can find out the Product Key relevant to that setup by using SIW http://www.gtopala.com/siw-download.html or Belarc Advisor http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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