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I'm about to switch my Motherboard, Case, and Power Supply.
(here's my other thread about this)
I'm going to do a format and reinstallation of Windows XP. I will have to call and deactivate Windows from my old computer (parts) first, I believe.
The only thing is I've lost my COA. I ran Belarc advisor and recovered the CD key. When I call, will I need any other codes on the COA or do I just need the CD Key that looks like xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx?
So my questions are:
1. Do I just call the number that is in the activation wizard for manually activating or do I call a different number?
2. Do I only need the CD key or do I need any of the other codes on the COA?
3. Is it correct that the CD key is the code that looks like 5 groups of 5 letters and numbers (like this: xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx)?
4. Do I have to call before I reformat so I can get some other code or can I reformat and then de-activate.
I bet a lot of people around here have had to do this before so thanks for clearing this up.
(here's my other thread about this)
I'm going to do a format and reinstallation of Windows XP. I will have to call and deactivate Windows from my old computer (parts) first, I believe.
The only thing is I've lost my COA. I ran Belarc advisor and recovered the CD key. When I call, will I need any other codes on the COA or do I just need the CD Key that looks like xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx?
So my questions are:
1. Do I just call the number that is in the activation wizard for manually activating or do I call a different number?
2. Do I only need the CD key or do I need any of the other codes on the COA?
3. Is it correct that the CD key is the code that looks like 5 groups of 5 letters and numbers (like this: xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx)?
4. Do I have to call before I reformat so I can get some other code or can I reformat and then de-activate.
I bet a lot of people around here have had to do this before so thanks for clearing this up.