proof of ownership

[kbg]

I lost everything on my older PC and am trying to reinstall ME with an
upgrade disk.
I have nothing to prove ownership of Win98 except the Product Code of the
Win98 upgrade disk and a WinME startup floppy disk.
Is it possible to get proof of ownership with these numbers?
Also I have always registered my products, so there should be records
somewhere.
thanks

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[kbg]

I also have the Product code for the WinME upgrade disk.
The hard drive I am using was a secondary and has no system files. I tried
the Base2.Cab, but still can't get past the proof of ownership of Win98.



"kbg" > wrote in message
...
> I lost everything on my older PC and am trying to reinstall ME with an
> upgrade disk.
> I have nothing to prove ownership of Win98 except the Product Code of the
> Win98 upgrade disk and a WinME startup floppy disk.
> Is it possible to get proof of ownership with these numbers?
> Also I have always registered my products, so there should be records
> somewhere.
> thanks
>
> --
>
>
>
>

[Mart]

No, if you disk is an 'Upgrade' version then the proof required is either a)
an already installed version of an earlier Windows OS, b) an installation CD
of an earlier version of Windows or c) the set of floppy disks of an earlier
version of Windows e.g. Win3x. (BTW - not too sure but it *might* even
accept DOS 5 or 6x floppies)

It needs to 'see' the physical disk(s) to check for certain files. There is
no provision for serial/product/registration numbers at that point in the
installation.

The (new) Product Key is required later in the installation process.

HTH

Mart


"kbg" > wrote in message
...
> I also have the Product code for the WinME upgrade disk.
> The hard drive I am using was a secondary and has no system files. I tried
> the Base2.Cab, but still can't get past the proof of ownership of Win98.
>
>
>
> "kbg" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I lost everything on my older PC and am trying to reinstall ME with an
> > upgrade disk.
> > I have nothing to prove ownership of Win98 except the Product Code of
the
> > Win98 upgrade disk and a WinME startup floppy disk.
> > Is it possible to get proof of ownership with these numbers?
> > Also I have always registered my products, so there should be records
> > somewhere.
> > thanks
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>