if it's a completely different chipset between the two motherboards you'll NEED a reformat. sometimes you can repair but it will eventually go south on you.
this would happen with any OS so please stfu about "LOL @ Vista".
magical jellybean finds the key code but i'm pretty sure you would have to be in the OS on the drive it's installed on to retrieve it.
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/produc...bkeyfinder.htm
i'm assuming you can't start it in safe/recovery mode with the windows cd in the drive?
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