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Thank you for that gracious offer. Indeed I am London based, and the opposite side to Essex!
Fortunately the widow, (converted to iPads a while ago), now a little embarassed,
as previously it only took a a couple of scans to return her late husbands laptops to working condition,
has confirmed the security aspect is worth the £30 odd quid for a replacement hard drive.
So, tomorrow, back off hard drive out, vacuum the chassis, hard drive into caddy, copy the entirety to a spare USB hard drive, new hard drive in and off we go. Hopefully she can locate the original windows key.