If you lost your windowskey here is a tip how you can recover them.
This tip will work only if your original os still working.
1. Click Start -> Run type regedit -> OK
2. Double - click HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
3. double click SOFTWARE
4. Double click Microsoft
5. Double click Windows (in windows XP, double click Windows NT instead).
6. Click Current Version
7. in the right-hand pane, look for the item named Product key. The value you see there is your windows cd key.
This tip will work only if your original os still working.
1. Click Start -> Run type regedit -> OK
2. Double - click HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
3. double click SOFTWARE
4. Double click Microsoft
5. Double click Windows (in windows XP, double click Windows NT instead).
6. Click Current Version
7. in the right-hand pane, look for the item named Product key. The value you see there is your windows cd key.