RockXP
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/rockxp.html
It works, but will probably trigger your antivirus software.

Magical Jelly Bean KeyFinder
http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/
It works when Symantec prevents you from running RockXP.

-Dave Walton

On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 12:47 PM, Archer <[email protected]> wrote:
> I set up an external HD and loaded a Retrospect backup set of this computers 
> HD on it.  When I tried to make a "disaster recovery" CD using Retrospects 
> program it said I needed the WinXP product key.
> When I loaded the WinXP disk in order to be sure the product key worked, 
> WinXP refused to go beyond the first couple of screens because it said that 
> the version on the computer was a later version than that on the WinXP disc.  
> The WinXP disc is Service Pack 2, and since I initially used this disc to 
> load WinXP, Microsoft has added WinXP Service Pack 3 to the computer via 
> their periodic updates.
> I can probably check the Product Key by letting the WinXP Service Pack 2 boot 
> the computer just like I was going to replace the WinXP service pack 3 
> program with the WinXP service pack 2 program on the disk, but if the WinXP 
> service pack 3 program loaded on the computer rejects the Product Key from 
> the WinXP service pack 2 which will be in Retrospects Disaster Recovery CD, 
> I've lost a lot of data.
>
> Simple, isn't it?  (o:]  It's enough to make me buy a MacIntosh and load 
> Linux on it which I might do after I get the data on this old PC secured.
> Thanks,
> Gerry
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