If Win98 can be run in safe mode, get it from the Registry with
Regedit.exe
The key is
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
The value is ProductKey
...Alan

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In microsoft.public.win98.apps, "murray" <mindfuldesign@rogers.com>
wrote:
>My father purchases a Packard Bell computer model number
>7950C a few years ago. It came with windows 98 already
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>Thank you ,
>Murray