Hi all,
I have an IBM Thinkpad T43 running XP Pro and I'm thinking about wiping it clean, creating 2 partitions so I can create a dual boot with Vista Business. My laptop can with XP Pro already loaded and has the product key stuck on underneath. It also has a restore partition which I have already used a few time to start from scratch due to various reasons. If I just boot to a proper XP Pro disk, create partitions and install will the product key I have for this laptop on the bottom work? There will have been no actual hardware changes unless it notices the change in partition size? Then I could just download the specific drivers that I need for the laptop of the web (the restore partitions sets everything back to factory defualt, partitions and formats the hard disk, installs windows, all the drivers (some are not even needed) and even install some other usless software)
Will the product key work doing a clean install with a proper disk???
Damien
I have an IBM Thinkpad T43 running XP Pro and I'm thinking about wiping it clean, creating 2 partitions so I can create a dual boot with Vista Business. My laptop can with XP Pro already loaded and has the product key stuck on underneath. It also has a restore partition which I have already used a few time to start from scratch due to various reasons. If I just boot to a proper XP Pro disk, create partitions and install will the product key I have for this laptop on the bottom work? There will have been no actual hardware changes unless it notices the change in partition size? Then I could just download the specific drivers that I need for the laptop of the web (the restore partitions sets everything back to factory defualt, partitions and formats the hard disk, installs windows, all the drivers (some are not even needed) and even install some other usless software)
Will the product key work doing a clean install with a proper disk???
Damien