Much as I hate to recommend it, I think the logical action is to stretch the bounds of what they'll let you get away with via telephone activation. At least in older versions of Windows, when the automatic activation fails, it bottoms out to "give us a call at 1-800-xxx-xxxx." You may be able to leverage the phone mechanism to work around the restrictions.
I do that all the time, actually
But unfortunately, that's not the problem I have here. I have the proper activation code, I just don't have the actual install CD.
What I've heard is that 7 might not even need an installed OS, it just needs for you to put in the old discs at the time of install to verify that you have them. That's why I need the lost disc, and I can't figure out how to replace it.
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