Well just an FYI if you have an XP cd from a newer gateway... try to use another CD or a win98 boot disk to get onto your cd in dos mode, and then, bypassing the bootable option, run winnt.exe. this will run the setup without the added key that was burned to the disk. The program will run the setup and then *(hopefully)* ask you for the key during installation as normal. Also, you could experiment with making your own boot disk from the i386 folder and using the automation settings like with 2000 to force-add your key if the above didn't work. For more on this, see the continually expanding discussions elsewhere in this section. I personally just reformatted both PC's i had with a burned CD i got from a friend in order to add both keys.
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