Hi Mike! Your last post must have coincided with mine so, when I saw yours I thought "great, that's it" but then I thought that I can't follow your suggestion because, of course, that computer cannot quite finish the boot process so cannot download or run Keyfinder.
Ah, I should have read it further. It says that it can work with unbootable systems...... I'll be back!
Yes...., but then it gets complicated. I don't think I want to start dismantling my machines to connect the problem HDD into this, my prime machine. I don't know if I even want to risk it Mike - you have an idea of my limitations. The Magical Jelly Bean offers the use of Windows PE to start up the broken computer to enable analysis of it but the MS walkthrough of the process is far beyond me and requires the creation of a "Technical Computer".
The broken XP was bought and paid for so does that not include some right to get it fixed? Are WGA issues a problem?
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