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Amourek
Jan 13th, 2007, 08:51 PM
I'm fixing a friend's system and I can't get into Winblows because the motherboard is fubar and causes a freeze up as soon as it reaches the desktop (if it even gets there). I yanked the drive and installed it in my own system to backup data, but I'm wondering if there's a way I can recover the XP serial key off the drive.
aZnDeViLbOi
Jan 13th, 2007, 09:17 PM
well take the hd out and put it on a diff system, if only ur motherboard is messed up u could load ur hd and nothing should be wrong?
Amourek
Jan 13th, 2007, 09:53 PM
well take the hd out and put it on a diff system, if only ur motherboard is messed up u could load ur hd and nothing should be wrong?

It won't boot up into Windows if the chipset is different. It's an old SIS-based board and the replacement is going to be an Intel.
Mark099
Jan 13th, 2007, 10:01 PM
One word: Google!
gimmegimme
Jan 13th, 2007, 10:23 PM
To get the product key off your friend's hard drive, try this utility:

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/product_cd_key_viewer.html

It looks like it should do what you need.
aZnDeViLbOi
Jan 13th, 2007, 10:30 PM
To get the product key off your friend's hard drive, try this utility:

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/product_cd_key_viewer.html

It looks like it should do what you need.

sadly he cant get it to boot up so u cant even access this program in the first place =.='
gimmegimme
Jan 13th, 2007, 10:55 PM
The utility should work as long as he can access the Windows directory on his friend's hard drive (by putting it into his computer). It doesn't need to boot Windows from his friend's drive to work.
Amourek
Jan 14th, 2007, 03:07 AM
The utility should work as long as he can access the Windows directory on his friend's hard drive (by putting it into his computer). It doesn't need to boot Windows from his friend's drive to work.

Produkey worked perfectly! Pretty cool that it had command line functionality. Many thanks.
cipher
Jan 14th, 2007, 07:12 AM
Produkey worked perfectly! Pretty cool that it had command line functionality. Many thanks.

Did you your system from the drive or did you just attach the drive to your system and boot from your own drive. Depending on what you did the XP serial could be your own and not your friend's.
aZnDeViLbOi
Jan 14th, 2007, 11:40 AM
Produkey worked perfectly! Pretty cool that it had command line functionality. Many thanks.

well if u stick the hd into ur computer u dun need that program just go control panel and find it...


Did you your system from the drive or did you just attach the drive to your system and boot from your own drive. Depending on what you did the XP serial could be your own and not your friend's.

wrong everything in ur hd is all the data the other parts are only used to boot it up, its like the hd is ur brain and the other parts of tjhe computer is ur body
Amourek
Jan 14th, 2007, 12:40 PM
Did you your system from the drive or did you just attach the drive to your system and boot from your own drive. Depending on what you did the XP serial could be your own and not your friend's.

I attached it. The produkey's GUI won't let you scan other drives so I used it from the command line to scan his drive. I'm not stupid enough to mistake my own key for his... I have mine memorized. :lol:
aZnDeViLbOi
Jan 14th, 2007, 12:49 PM
I attached it. The produkey's GUI only lets you scan the won't let you scan other drives so I used it from the command line to scan his drive. I'm not stupid enough to mistake my own key for his... I have mine memorized. :lol:

LOL :D