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Recover XP serial
Name: raiden1701 Date: October 11, 2006 at 15:40:05 Pacific OS: XP Pro SP2 CPU/Ram: AMD Athlon64 3500+ 2GB RA
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I recently bought a laptop hard drive to use as an external drive (I have no laptop). It came with XP pre-installed but the guy doesn't remember the serial key. When I power on the external drive I can see the Windows directory and all other directorys. When I use my keyfinder program it will only find my main XP key, which I already have. How can I retrieve the other XP's key if I'm not using the external drive as boot (and can't because my PC isn't compatible with the small drive)?
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Response Number 2
Name: raiden1701 Date: October 11, 2006 at 16:21:06 Pacific
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The keyfinder only retrieves the Key on my C:\Windows drive. My external drive is the one I need the key from.
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Response Number 3
Name: per Date: October 11, 2006 at 16:21:52 Pacific
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You can't.
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Response Number 4
Name: raiden1701 Date: October 11, 2006 at 16:24:54 Pacific
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Is there a way to edit the registry on the external drive's Windows directory? I mean, where in the Windows directory does the registery exist, then maybe I can look there for the key.
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Response Number 5
Name: raiden1701 Date: October 11, 2006 at 16:26:02 Pacific
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Or, is there a way to use an external drive, via USB 2.0, to boot the PC? Because then I can use the keyfinder.
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Response Number 6
Name: per Date: October 11, 2006 at 16:27:05 Pacific
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I say again-You cannot.
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Response Number 7
Name: Sabertooth Date: October 11, 2006 at 16:34:05 Pacific
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