A
Al Greene
I had a laptop that ended up with chicken fried motherboard. The hard
disk was intact, but the computer would not boot.
I bought a new Lenovo W 700. I had to install all of my programs on
the new guy.
I had lost the product key for MS Outlook 2003 although I had the
disk. The disk from the old computer would not boot on another
computer.
I spent many hours over several days trying to figure out how to get
the product key off the old hard drive.
I connected the hard drive from the old computer via a USB port to the
W 700.
I had Belarc Advisor installed on the old computer. I was able to use
Belarc Advisor from the new W 700 to locate file Belarc had created
on the old hard drive and get the product key.
You can get Belarc Advisor for free at: http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html.
Now I run it often to make sure my profile is current.
If you did not have Belarc Advisor on the old drive, nsauditor makes a
good product to recover keys and information. You will find it at:
Backup Key Recovery, http://www.nsauditor.com/backup_key_recovery.html.
It is only $29.50. A price I would have gladly paid had I needed it
or found it sooner.
I have no financial interest in any of these products. Hopefully this
post will save others the many hours I spent recovering that one
product key.
disk was intact, but the computer would not boot.
I bought a new Lenovo W 700. I had to install all of my programs on
the new guy.
I had lost the product key for MS Outlook 2003 although I had the
disk. The disk from the old computer would not boot on another
computer.
I spent many hours over several days trying to figure out how to get
the product key off the old hard drive.
I connected the hard drive from the old computer via a USB port to the
W 700.
I had Belarc Advisor installed on the old computer. I was able to use
Belarc Advisor from the new W 700 to locate file Belarc had created
on the old hard drive and get the product key.
You can get Belarc Advisor for free at: http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html.
Now I run it often to make sure my profile is current.
If you did not have Belarc Advisor on the old drive, nsauditor makes a
good product to recover keys and information. You will find it at:
Backup Key Recovery, http://www.nsauditor.com/backup_key_recovery.html.
It is only $29.50. A price I would have gladly paid had I needed it
or found it sooner.
I have no financial interest in any of these products. Hopefully this
post will save others the many hours I spent recovering that one
product key.