You had everything on cd or floppies - or maybe a zip/jazz drive if you were in school with a fast internet connection - and reinstalled from the OS up. I can't

You had everything on cd or floppies - or maybe a zip/jazz drive if you were in school with a fast internet connection - and reinstalled from the OS up. I can't have been the only person who cut out the hologram license key and stored it in the back of my cd binder - or sharpied the keys right on the disk!