re-use Win XP if upgrade/buidling new PC?
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StormBringer
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Sure you can. There should be no problems although you may need to reactivate it.
vassil3427
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Are you keeping the same Hard Drive? If so just hook it up and go, you may have to reactivate it but there shouldnt be much of a problem at all.....
iss
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A friend of mine has XP Home edition and he crashed his computer once and had to reinstall activated with no problem. then about a month later I built him a new computer and he used the copy of XP on the new computer and activated with no problem. He did have to call MS for the activation and he had no problem just told them he had got a new computer.
poertner_1274
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Yes iis, that is what you need to do is call M$. They will help you reactivate you copy and do things without problems.
iss
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Here is an excellent article on Windows Product Activation. it tells what it is and how it works it also tells what harware windows checks to determine if "re-Activation" is required.
http://www.aumha.org/a/wpa.php
http://www.aumha.org/a/wpa.php
young&wild
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Palm boy...perhaps iss's friend did tell M$ that he uninstalled XP from his old pc and told them he needs to use the current copy of XP to be installed in his new PC.
iss
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I guess I should have ben more clear. my friend isnt running XP on two machines he had it on one and when I built another (using parts from his old one, including the hard drive) he had to call MS and told them he had a new computer and wanted to activate his copy of XP on it. they didnt give him any problems about it.
If you plan on doing this, there is an unfortunate chance that PnP will not work properly and your computer will blue screen, forcing you to reinstall Windows XP in some instances.
I recommend uninstalling most of your devices in Device Manager, such as the IDE channels and motherboard components before you transplant those new parts in. After doing this, shut down and then transplant your system parts.
There is a registry key you can delete to totally reset your hardware configuration, but I don't remember it and I don't want to give you false information that might mess things up.
Performing a repair using the bootable CD (in case something happens) will also re-enumerate your hardware for you and may fix your problems if any arise.
I recommend uninstalling most of your devices in Device Manager, such as the IDE channels and motherboard components before you transplant those new parts in. After doing this, shut down and then transplant your system parts.
There is a registry key you can delete to totally reset your hardware configuration, but I don't remember it and I don't want to give you false information that might mess things up.
Performing a repair using the bootable CD (in case something happens) will also re-enumerate your hardware for you and may fix your problems if any arise.
Actually, I have just ordered the parts and this is really going to be a whole new PC now and my daughter will be getting my current PC. Hopefully, I can remove the Win XP from my current PC and then install Win XP on my new rig and then I have Win 98 to install on my daughter's PC.
vassil3427
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Thats exactly what it does, it just asks for you to insert a windows 98, 2000, or Me disk to verify you have a previous version, after that you remove it, and put xp back in and do a full install:grinthumb , and I know this because I have the upgrade version So RustyZip was right
If you dont have one of these(previous versions of windows)....maybe a friend does ..
So RustyZip was rightIf you dont have one of these(previous versions of windows)....maybe a friend does
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The CD IS bootable and you can use it to freshly install Windows XP as long as you have an authentic version of Windows 98 or better.
Moving your hard drive to a new system won't blue screen indefinitely, but there is a decent chance of that happening. THere are ways around it, like repairing it and making sure your BIOS options for PnP OS and ACPI are the same as your other motherboard.
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