win98 problems

[stringcheeseincident]

i have an old gateway that was running win98se. i have the system restoration disc from gateway and my cd key on the manual. i reformatted the harddrive, but when i tried to reinstall windows, my cd wouldn't work. this guy i know burned me a copy of his "win98se installl disc" and i was going to use MY cd key with it. this isn't illegal, correct? well during setup it asked for my cd key and i entered it, but it keeps telling me the key is invalid. does this mean the guy may have burned me win98 first edition? how can i deal with this?

 

[hulksterjoe]

The cd keys that gateway supplied on win98 machines wont work with all 98 media ...for example a corportate image key wont work with a OEM disc and vice versa.

Not all media is created the same...

and No what your doing is not illegal if you get a media disc that works.. all your doing is put the OS back on your machine.

 

[stringcheeseincident]

thanks, i'll email him and ask him if he has the key for the version he burned me, then once it's installed i can go into the registry and change the key to mine.