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From: "J. P. Gilliver (John)" 
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Subject: Re: Cloning a 2.5" IDE/PATA Laptop Hard drive
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2017 14:37:29 +0000
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In message , Some Guy  writes:
>J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
>
>> It didn't work on this machine (came - new - with XP installed). 
>>Well, I  say didn't work: it at first came up with an error box saying 
>>"Cannot  collect configuration data (-204). (a) You are running a 
>>volume-licensed  version or OEM release of Windows XP. (b) You have 
>>not activated your  installation of XP, yet. OK". (I assume there's an 
>>implied "OR" between  those.) When I click OK, it comes up with 
>>another window headed "Fully  Licensed" in big letters, below which 
>>are ten text boxes for things like  Processor model, which are indeed 
>>greyed out; it does show the first 15  characters of the key though.
>
>Take your key sequence (the entire part of it that XPInfo shows, or 
>maybe just 1 or 2 of the sequences) and do a google search on that.
>
>If your key is OEM, then your key should be well-known and will appear 
>in some list or discussion somewhere at some time.
>
>If you can't find any mention of any part of your key on the internet, 
>chances are very high it's not oem or vlk.

Oh, I'm sure it's legal - the machine was bought new from a reputable 
store. But I did what you suggested anyway (using the yyyyy-yyyyy-yyyyy 
part that xpinfo showed), and Google says "About 1,260 results". So I 
guess it is indeed OEM.
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J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

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