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- Oct 30, 2003
I'm fixing a dell inspiron 2200 that isn't reconizing the cd-rom. After hours of searching and trying out different drivers unsuccessfully I devided to do a repair install, but dell didn't include a windows xp cd, so I used the one that came with my laptop and when it came to the point to enter the cd key, I flip the laptop over and entered the key from the microsoft sticker but he problem is that it won't accept the cd-key. So now I'm backing up the drive and I'm going to try to use Dell's replacement for the cd which is a separate partition with the image of windows xp which completely destroys everything in the destination partition.
So what should I do about this cd-key? Do I call microsoft or Dell about it? Should I mention that I used the cd of a different machine to do the repair install?
So what should I do about this cd-key? Do I call microsoft or Dell about it? Should I mention that I used the cd of a different machine to do the repair install?