windows 7 Lost my XP home edition product key, looking for advice

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Hi, I currently have myself in a bind and I'm not sure what steps I should take to fix the issue.

 

I had an issue with my XP home edition pc so I decided to use a boot up cd for a re-installation. I copied my product key off my Control panel System area. Thinking that's all I needed, but after doing the installation I found out I was missing a full

box of digits. So atm my pc is stuck on a product key number. 

 

My question is what are my options? 

 

I own 2 other pcs a laptop and a desktop both with windows 7. Could I upgrade to 8 and just use my 7 keys on this pc and forget about re-installing XP? Or is there anyway for me to restore my old pc back to normal to retrieve that xp key? 

 

I figure either way I'll have to buy some os but I'm just tired of stumbling from mistake to mistake. 

 

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