it's in the registry!!

search text  for "Product Key"

before you rashly attempt to solve your disk problems, PLEASE FIRST SAVE
YOUR REGISTRY on some kind of floppy or off computer media,   Or even Print
it out as a text file.

Run "regedit" and export it before you LOSE the info

& dont save it onto the drive you plan to reformat, dummy!

it will save you HOUR/DAYS/$$$$  when you look for specific Registry keys
and Licencing Information

once you reformat the hard disk, that stuff is GONE forever.  and you will
wince at the cost of buying a new MS system cdrom.

you will have at least part of the critical info you will need when you
re-install your new system

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Best regards,
Hapticz

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Hi Eric,

Provided you still have Windows running, run regedit.exe and look at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Win95 look for ProductID in the right pane.
Win98/WinME look for ProductKey in the right pane.

Or if you are not comfortable searching the registry and Windows is running:
Go to VBScript Tools by Bill James and download: "Windows 9x ProductKey
Saver"
http://billsway.com/vbspage/?r=my&r=Earthlink&r=VBScript&r=Page.

anything I will advise you, conversly, should you obtain
any info, please forward that to me as well.

Thanks.

John Wilson