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paul.mitchell1984
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Registered: 31st Aug 06
Location: Wakefield
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10th Feb 09 at 21:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
basically i killed my old laptop, i kept the HDD which works 100% fine.


However when i put it in a new laptop (well an old one minus the hdd) it says it needs to activate the windows, and asks for the windows key...i dont have it

is there any way of formatting this drive or bypassing this so i can use it?

iv tried the automated microsoft thing and that doesnt work either
johnhara1
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Registered: 19th Oct 06
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
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11th Feb 09 at 14:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Run this program and it'll tell you your product key

If it's legit just activate it.

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Info/KeyFinder-Pro.shtml
paul.mitchell1984
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11th Feb 09 at 18:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
how can i run the program? it wont let me log on as a user, would it run in safe mode?
_Allan_
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11th Feb 09 at 20:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Was there a sticker on the old laptop?. Stilll have it?.
paul.mitchell1984
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11th Feb 09 at 20:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yes there was, and no thats my issue, and cant get hold of the guy that bought it either
_Allan_
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11th Feb 09 at 21:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Buy one of these:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2-5-USB-Laptop-SATA-Hard-Drive-Caddy-HD-Enclosure-Case_W0QQitemZ310115628632QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Collectables_HardDriveEnclosures_RL?hash=item310115628632&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkpa

Throw the drive in it. Plug into PC or laptop use the tool or similar to look at the secondary drive's registry.

Might be able to use the Hive command in regedit:

Load the hive.

To load Local_machine hive,
Open regedit > Click "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE"
File > Load Hive > Browse to the file
Give it a name > then do what yoy want to do with it
Click on the loaded hive > File > Unload Hive


To load a Users hive,

Open regedit > Click "HKEY_USERS"
File > Load Hive > Browse to the file
Give it a name > then do what yoy want to do with it
Click on the loaded hive > File > Unload Hive


 
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