Dell Inspiron 8600 Reformat Help

bl2k400 · 03-16-2009, 05:32 PM

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.

**simpswr** · 03-16-2009, 05:47 PM

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?

03-16-2009, 05:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
bl2k400 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1 OS: Xp	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.

03-16-2009, 05:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
simpswr Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: May 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 12,280 OS: XP, Vista, Win 7	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? __________________ Rich MemTest86 \| BenchTest \| Virus/Trojan/Spyware Help How to post a Screen Shot \| PC running slow?