a friend gave me a recovery disc for xp but not the product code numbers how can i get round this to use the disc on my computer any help gratefully appreciated
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Jump to Postdoes your computer have a COA sticker on it?
if its a branded pc, that will have the (valid) product key you purchased with that machine stamped on it
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Did Windows came pre-installed with your pc, in that case it came probably also with a recovery cd or a recovery partition (somewhere on your harddisk) ...Consider looking it ('it' means 'how you have to restore your pc to the state in which it …
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