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| Thread ID: 111500 | 2010-07-30 02:56:00 | Recover Vista product code from non booting drive. | KiwiLinc (6595) | Press F1 |
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| 1123396 | 2010-07-30 02:56:00 | Problem. Vista won't boot. Decided to re-install. (Memtest & Seatools say all OK) The product ID on the bottom of the laptop is so worn only half the ID is visible. How can I extract the licence so I can re-install? I've slaved it to an XP machine through an esata dock & all seems normal. |
KiwiLinc (6595) | ||
| 1123397 | 2010-07-30 03:10:00 | Try the Magical Jellybean Keyfinder. (sourceforge.net) You might need to use the Load Hive function and navigate to the vista drive. |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 1123398 | 2010-07-30 03:17:00 | Thanks, Navigated to Vista drive/Windows but no luck. Came up with Zone Alarm in the right panel but nothing else. | KiwiLinc (6595) | ||
| 1123399 | 2010-07-30 03:22:00 | directedge.us | Roger Hunt (13648) | ||
| 1123400 | 2010-07-30 03:34:00 | Umm, not really sure how ABR works. Drive currently slaved to XP. | KiwiLinc (6595) | ||
| 1123401 | 2010-07-30 04:19:00 | Magic jelly Bean should find the Key as bob_doe_nz suggested. BUT if its a factory install OS, Eg: Dell, Acer, HP/Compaq, then the key wont work on a fresh install Via a DVD. If its been reinstall before with the COA on the bottom it will work. If Its a factory install it may accept it when you put it in, but it wont activate since its a default factory Key thats on thousands of PC's. You would have to ring MS and try to activate it, BUT they will more than likely say to use the COA on the Laptop. Got the exact same problem here with a Acer laptop - AVG screwed the system, the HDD has damaged sectors & the COA is invisible through wear and tear -- have to use a recovery partition and "try" to extract the WIM file to reinstall it. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1123402 | 2010-07-30 05:02:00 | Whats the Make of laptop ?? IF by some chance its an Acer -- boot laptop, just as the Acer logo appears hit alt + F10 that will launch into the recovery partition, and reinstall Vista. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1123403 | 2010-07-30 05:38:00 | I guessed once. Part of it was visible, 2 or 3 characters too faint, tried various combinations until voila, success. You could give it a go if it isn't too gone. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1123404 | 2010-07-30 05:46:00 | clean it up with some soap and water only a little bit in/on a cotton bud. when its clean gently wet it (only the area where then numbers were) and look at it at an angle under good light the numbers may show as the moisture moves away from the last of the number ink first. also finger print talk when its dry may show them. genuine oem disks for sp2 vista and serials arnt too hard to get, if you have to go that way. |
angry (15305) | ||
| 1123405 | 2010-07-30 09:08:00 | ABR runs a small program that finds your code and security certificate and saves them to a file. Put the program and file on a usb stick and after you reinstall run the program again to restore your code. | Roger Hunt (13648) | ||
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