Recovery after HD crash

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I had a boot HD crash and reformatted a slave HD to make it my boot HD. I
received a message after trying to validate my Windows xp installation
saying that I used up the number of installations allowed with my original
Windows CD. - How can I get another Windows XP installation disc from
Microsoft? I don't think I should have to buy another copy retail.

Is this a legitimate request? Thank you
 
clickerx said:
I had a boot HD crash and reformatted a slave HD to make it my boot HD. I
received a message after trying to validate my Windows xp installation
saying that I used up the number of installations allowed with my original
Windows CD. - How can I get another Windows XP installation disc
from Microsoft? I don't think I should have to buy another copy retail.

Is this a legitimate request? Thank you
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You don't need to buy another copy of XP since you are just doing a clean
install on a hard drive in the same computer. Use the phone option for
activation and speak to a human. It will only take a few minutes.

People's hard drives die all the time and all you need to do is tell the MS
person that your hard drive died and you only have this copy of XP
installed on one machine.

Malke
 
clickerx said:
I had a boot HD crash and reformatted a slave HD to make it my boot
HD. I received a message after trying to validate my Windows xp
installation saying that I used up the number of installations
allowed with my original Windows CD. - How can I get another
Windows XP installation disc from Microsoft? I don't think I should
have to buy another copy retail.
Is this a legitimate request?
Click to expand...

You don't need another CD. The message is badly worded (about the number of
installations.)

You can use your Product Key/License/CD as many times as you wish on the
same computer for all license types (other than possibly trial licenses) for
Windows XP...

That being said... It is not 'validation' but 'activation' and you should
just choose to 'activate by telephone' and follow the given instructions.

How to activate Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307890

Specifically:
How to activate Windows XP by phone

To contact a Microsoft customer service representative to
activate Windows by phone, follow these steps:
1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories,
point to System Tools, and then click Activate Windows.
Or, click the Windows Activation icon in the notification area.
2. Click Yes, I want to telephone a customer service
representative to active Windows now.
3. Click Read the Windows Product Activation Privacy Statement,
click Back, and then click Next.
4. Follow the steps in the Activate Windows by phone dialog box,
and then click Next.
Note: The number appears now and differs based on the location
that you select.

5. When activation is completed and you receive the following
message, click OK.

You have successfully activated your copy of Windows.

Enjoy!
 
Thanks fellows for your answers. - I did make a telephone call and got
my Windows XP activated OK. The guy I spoke to (probably in China or Spain)
was kinda short tempered because I mis-typed one number he gave me and I got
an error message. He made his annoyance with me very obvious but I did get
it done OK and succeeded in getting it activated. The contact was worth it.
Thanks again.
Clickerx
 
clickerx said:
I had a boot HD crash and reformatted a slave HD to make it my boot
HD. I received a message after trying to validate my Windows xp
installation saying that I used up the number of installations
allowed with my original Windows CD. - How can I get another
Windows XP installation disc from Microsoft? I don't think I should
have to buy another copy retail.
Is this a legitimate request?
Click to expand...
You don't need to buy another copy of XP since you are just doing a
clean install on a hard drive in the same computer. Use the phone
option for activation and speak to a human. It will only take a few
minutes.
People's hard drives die all the time and all you need to do is
tell the MS person that your hard drive died and you only have this
copy of XP installed on one machine.
Click to expand...

Shenan said:
You don't need another CD. The message is badly worded (about the
number of installations.)

You can use your Product Key/License/CD as many times as you wish
on the same computer for all license types (other than possibly
trial licenses) for Windows XP...

That being said... It is not 'validation' but 'activation' and you
should just choose to 'activate by telephone' and follow the given
instructions.
How to activate Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307890

Specifically:
How to activate Windows XP by phone

To contact a Microsoft customer service representative to
activate Windows by phone, follow these steps:
1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories,
point to System Tools, and then click Activate Windows.
Or, click the Windows Activation icon in the notification area.
2. Click Yes, I want to telephone a customer service
representative to active Windows now.
3. Click Read the Windows Product Activation Privacy Statement,
click Back, and then click Next.
4. Follow the steps in the Activate Windows by phone dialog box,
and then click Next.
Note: The number appears now and differs based on the location
that you select.

5. When activation is completed and you receive the following
message, click OK.

You have successfully activated your copy of Windows.

Enjoy!
Click to expand...
Thanks fellows for your answers.

I did make a telephone call and got my Windows XP activated
OK. The guy I spoke to (probably in China or Spain) was kinda
short tempered because I mis-typed one number he gave me
and I got an error message. He made his annoyance with me
very obvious but I did get it done OK and succeeded in getting
it activated. The contact was worth it.

Thanks again.
Clickerx
Click to expand...

Clickerx,

Thank you for taking the time and effort to come back and let everyone know
what worked for you. Now - perhaps - your message might be found by someone
else having similar issues (and performing an Internet search to help
themsleves) and they too might fix their problems quickly and easily!
 
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