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Windows Forum / Windows 98 / Disks / File System / June 2004Mystery Win. 98 Disk
I have two Dell computers that both came preinstalled with Win98. I now need to reformat one of them, but I can only find one CD and I don't know which one it is. I have a product key for both computers. I saw this in another post: "US customers can contact Microsoft at: 1 800 642-7676. They will issue retail and OEM product keys after verifying data located on the W98 CD." Is that my best bet? I just want to make sure it's the right CD before I reformat. TIA ~JR >From: "JR" dontudarespamme@yahoo.com >Date: 06/01/2004 4:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > >~JR Did you try calling Dell ????? That would be my first step. >Did you try calling Dell ????? That would be my first step. I'm still waiting to hear back from someone there who has a clue. I understand the Piracy implications, but there has to be some way of checking a CD/Key match *before* I uninstall. Any thoughts? Thx again. ~JR The problem is that the CD might contain the wrong drivers for the machine you intend to load it to. I suspect either Product Key will work with the CD. To find out what key is in the problem computer, open regedit.exe to this key and then look for ProductKey in the right pane: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion  SignatureRegards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo > I have two Dell computers that both came preinstalled with > Win98. I now need to reformat one of them, but I can only [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > ~JR Dell is the only way to go. > I have two Dell computers that both came preinstalled with > Win98. I now need to reformat one of them, but I can only [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > ~JR |
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