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| 695945 | 2008-08-08 12:03:00 | Hi all I have a mates PC here - it's a horrible NEC Powermate box from Bond & Bond. The hard drive is dead - completely. Doesn't even spin when powered up anymore. Have tried it as a slave and nothing - nada - zip. The OS is Windows Media Centre 2005 and it has the COA attached to the case. Of course, as is normal with these sorts of horrible machines, it had a recovery partition, never written to disc, and is now unavailable due to drives untimely death. I do happen to have Windows Media Centre 2005 CD's but of course the COA on the case won't work with these OEM install discs I have. It gives the invalid key error message when I try. Anyone know of any simple work arounds? Thanks in advance. |
Tukapa (62) | ||
| 695946 | 2008-08-08 12:09:00 | You'll need a new hard disk. Call up MS or NEC and ask for a replacement disc/disc set, quoting the product key. |
jwil1 (65) | ||
| 695947 | 2008-08-08 12:37:00 | I have a nice shiny new IDE hard disk. It is formatted and I am at the stage where I have to enter the license key which is the stage it all turns to custard. I could always try ringing their support number on Monday. Their website is crap. Cheers. |
Tukapa (62) | ||
| 695948 | 2008-08-08 21:29:00 | Why wait till Monday it works 24/7, you get the first available MS helpdesk employee world wide | gary67 (56) | ||
| 695949 | 2008-08-08 22:40:00 | Was referring to the NEC helpline which I thought should be my first port of call. Perhaps I will try M$oft first then. Cheers. |
Tukapa (62) | ||
| 695950 | 2008-08-09 01:30:00 | I'm curious, if the hard drive is dead, what were you trying to install the OS on. | Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 695951 | 2008-08-09 01:55:00 | I'm curious, if the hard drive is dead, what were you trying to install the OS on. I have a nice shiny new IDE hard disk. :thumbs: |
stormdragon (6013) | ||
| 695952 | 2008-08-09 02:39:00 | Sorry diddn't see that one. I had to reserect a Media Center Edition System last week, if you look back through my threads you will see how I sorted it. Yours should be easier to sort out as you do have the correct OS. |
Driftwood (5551) | ||
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