I just went through the activation process and get an error that the product
key is for upgrade not clean install. I wanted a clean install because I've
had so much trouble installing this OS. Why can't it access my previous XP CD
in the CD drive to determine I own a previous Windows version?

Has anyone encountered this and found a solution?

"Mellach2327" wrote:

> I had trouble installing Vista due to a hard drive problem, couldn't find the
> drives. Installed XP Pro on a new drive then Vista. Failed then tried again
> with a clean install. It worked but when I entered the product key I got a
> message to install from the earlier version of Windows and wouldn't let me go
> any further.
>
> So I took the option not to enter the product key and the installation went
> beautifully.
>
> Now I'm wondering what problems will come later through not having entered
> the product key.
>
> Where do I enter it now?
>
> I'm not getting a prompt to activate so I presume that happened.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.