Old lady lost windows xp

[Gordon]

John Heinen wrote:
> Andrew Farris wrote:
>> On Fri, 2009-11-13 at 18:01 +0000, Gordon wrote:
>> [snip]
>>   
>>>> Thanks for your good advise, let me explain this, I need to do this
>>>> right, right?
>>>> She has window xp on it, someone reinstalled it, {not me), with a bigger
>>>> drive 40 gb,  it still has to be validated with the numbers, she doesn't
>>>> have them. 
>>>>       
>>> What do you mean by "validated with the numbers"? That doesn't make
>>> sense. Presumably what you mean is ACTIVATE with the Product Key. AFAIK
>>> you can't install XP WITHOUT entering the product key in the first place
>>> so what Product key was used to install it?
>>>     
>> when you 'activate' windows with the product key, you dont actually get
>> an active windows install...the install must first be validated by MS
>> before you're allowed to use it, either over the internet, or by phone.
>> I'm assuming he means that it can't be validated in this way, and after
>> 30 days in this state, windows won't let you in unless you let it call
>> home to billy boy to make sure it hasnt been stolen.
>>
>> Man oh man, I don't miss that crap at all...still makes me sick to have
>> to do it for others though.
>>
>>   
> You're right, but what I am looking for, is, to have a way to a clean
> drive and be able to accept windows 98 other than xp and off course
> puppy linux
> 

Then you need to boot from a Windows 98 start-up floppy, use FDisk to
re-format the HDD and then run Setup.exe from the W09 CD...

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