Windows 98

[Guest James P]

Hope someone can help!

 

My hard drive recently crashed and I have been trying to load windows 98

back on it. My PC is from 2001 and I no longer can locate the codes for the

software but have the original legal copy of the disk. Anyway of getting a

code to reload?

 

 

Thanks

[Guest Ron Badour]

Re: Windows 98

 

The W98 ProductKey is generally found on the Windows user manual, the

certificate of authenticity, a sticker on the PC or a sticker on the sleeve

or jewel case the Windows CD came in. The 25-digit key is 5 groups of 5

alpha/numeric characters. The Key might be available from the system:

 

If the system is working in either safe or normal mode:

 

Open regedit.exe to this key and look in the right pane for the entry

ProductKey:

 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion

 

If the system is not working, start the computer with a floppy startup disk.

 

At the A: prompt, type: C:\Windows\Command\Find /N "ProductKey"

C:\Windows\System.dat

(Note: ProductKey must be typed in upper and lower case letters as shown

and there is a space after: "Find" after: "/N" and after:

"ProductKey"

 

If the hard drive has been formatted or replaced, try finding the

appropriate product key using google.com

 

 

 

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Regards

 

Ron Badour

MS MVP 1997 - 2008

 

 

"James P" <JamesP@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> Hope someone can help!

>

> My hard drive recently crashed and I have been trying to load windows 98

> back on it. My PC is from 2001 and I no longer can locate the codes for

> the

> software but have the original legal copy of the disk. Anyway of getting

> a

> code to reload?

>

>

> Thanks

>

[Guest James P]

RE: Windows 98

 

Thanks...I'll give it a try.

 

"James P" wrote:

> Hope someone can help!

>

> My hard drive recently crashed and I have been trying to load windows 98

> back on it. My PC is from 2001 and I no longer can locate the codes for the

> software but have the original legal copy of the disk. Anyway of getting a

> code to reload?

>

>

> Thanks

>