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Old 03-16-2009, 05:32 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Dell Inspiron 8600 Reformat Help

My friend has a dell inspiron 8600 pc and ask if i can reformat it for him. Since i had a dell window home ed cd already i thought the task would be ez. But when i was done reformating, it ask me to activite window online, i try my cd key, and his cd key but both seem to be not working. I think its bwecause everyday pc need the orginal window cd that they got, but he cant find his, and now we are lock out of his pc, since we cant or it wont let us activite the window online, it keeps on logging us out. Someone please help us ty.
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Old 03-16-2009, 05:47 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Dell Inspiron 8600 Reformat Help

and welcome to the Forum

If you use a Dell Reinstallation cd to reinstall on a pc that came with XP, it will not mormally ask for the product key.

Did you use a Dell Reinstallation cd? . . is it the same version ( Home, Pro or MCE ) as the sticker on his notebook?

Did his notebook come with XP?
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