Do I need the XP product key when restoring from the backup CD's?

I bought a Thinkpad z60t about six years ago from a computer dealer on the internet. It came with Windows XP and Microsoft Office installed. The first thing I did when I received it was to burn the backup (restore) CD's (eight of them, I believe).
There is something wrong with the computer: it sometimes takes about two minutes to go from a request to shut down to the window popping up to select 'shut down' or 'restart'. I am thinking of formatting the hard drive and restoring the computer from the restore CD's. But before I do...
will I need the product key for XP and / or Office?
will I be able to get service pack 3 for XP somewhere?
when I created the restore CD's, did they include Office, or does it only include XP, drivers, Thinkpad software, etc? Is there any way to tell what's in them?
Thanks in advance,
Ron

The Recovery-CDs contain the pre-installed product key, so no activation will be needed. Xp Service pack 3 will be installed by running windows update.
The MS-Office is an add-on, which you won't find on the recovery-CDs. With AIDA32 you can read the product key for the next installation (and the XP-key). Additionally you'll need to save the directory, where the uninstalled MS Office can be found.
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