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‎12-27-2017 07:48 PM

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Product: HP Pavilion dv4305us
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP

Hello again!

 

I have just a quick question about the way restore CDs work. As listed, I have an HP Pavilion dv4305us with Windows XP Home Edition. It was released before recovery partitions were used and uses restore CDs if any of you saw my previous question. When you use a recovery CD, does it pull the OEM Windows XP product key from the motherboard? Thanks in advance!

 

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‎12-27-2017 09:16 PM

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The Recovery CD has an embedded license key.

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‎12-27-2017 09:16 PM

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The Recovery CD has an embedded license key.

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