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November 18, 2005
Installing windows without the original CD
This trick is for WinXP. I haven't tried other versions.
Occasionally, we get customers that don't have Windows CD's. Some never had them, and some have imaginative stories as to whose fault it is they don't.
These days most computers have the license key on a sticker on the computer itself, so that bit is (usually) covered. If it's not on there, then at least WRITE IT ON THERE when you get the machine. A CD marker or a face down sticker might work.
But an OEM license doesn't work with a non-OEM CD. So just plonking any windows CD in the CD-player won't work. So what to do?
You could try finding a Fujitsu Siemens owner with the same windows version as you have (home or professional). The recovery CD doesn't have any drivers on it, and will accept your own license key.
Hopefully some above average end user will appreciate this tip from the trenches...
Posted by Ann at November 18, 2005 11:53 PM
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Great tip, wish I had read this when I was trying to do this exact type of re-install several months ago :)
Posted by: web host at December 14, 2005 06:01 PM