lost office 03 pro key

Hello, I have a problem that I am hoping to be able to fix. I've got
a pc that has crashed. I was able to backup all of the data off of
the hard drive. I have re-installed the OS (xp home) and most
applications except for office 03 pro. I am unable to find locate the
office cd's right now but am wondering if I can find the product id or
key from the data that I backed up off of the hard drive. I ran a
free utility (product key by nirsoft) that found the product key and
id on another pc I have and it show the directory structure that it
got it from was C:/program files/ microsoft office/ office 11/ . I
was able to backup the whole hard drive from the pc that crashed and
looked in that directory structure that I copied to the working pc but
am unable to find anything. Any ideas? Is their a certain file that
will contain product key or id information? Any help is appreciated.
Thanks

Even when you get the product key, if you don't have the disks you still
can't reinstall it.

You can try downloading Belarc Advisor for the product key. As for the
disks, do you have a retail copy or did it come with your computer?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"


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Hello, I have a problem that I am hoping to be able to fix. I've got
a pc that has crashed. I was able to backup all of the data off of
the hard drive. I have re-installed the OS (xp home) and most
applications except for office 03 pro. I am unable to find locate the
office cd's right now but am wondering if I can find the product id or
key from the data that I backed up off of the hard drive. I ran a
free utility (product key by nirsoft) that found the product key and
id on another pc I have and it show the directory structure that it
got it from was C:/program files/ microsoft office/ office 11/ . I
was able to backup the whole hard drive from the pc that crashed and
looked in that directory structure that I copied to the working pc but
am unable to find anything. Any ideas? Is their a certain file that
will contain product key or id information? Any help is appreciated.
Thanks