How to Retrieve a Product Key From a Windows XP Disk
- 1). Open your disk drive and insert the Windows XP disk.
- 2). Navigate to the bottom-left corner of the desktop and click the "Windows" button.
- 3). Click the search input field and type "i386" and perform a search inside the Windows XP disk.
- 4). Open the file called UNATTEND.txt once the search is complete.
- 5). Scroll all the way down to the bottom line of text within this file and you will see the 25-character key consisting of letters and numbers.