Re: Re-install XP after drive crash
- From: "R. C. White" <rc@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 08:00:29 -0600
Hi, serodgers.
It probably doesn't matter which make computer you have, but we didn't have enough information to know that it didn't - so I asked. I'm glad that we communicated enough "in a round about way" to provide an answer that works for you. ;<)
We should clarify one point, though. It sometimes gets in the way when trying to discuss this issue.
Registration is voluntary; activation is mandatory.
Registration furnishes information about YOU to Microsoft, IF you choose to register.
Activation sends some information about your computer configuration, but tells MS nothing about the user. You can activate WinXP on the same computer an unlimited number of times. You can activate it on a different computer if it has been more than 120 days since the last previous activation. If you change your computer's components so much that it no longer is recognized as "the same computer", you might need to activate it again. For the official word on activation, see this website: http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/activation.mspx
RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX rc@xxxxxxxxxxxx Microsoft Windows MVP
"serodgers" <serodgers.1mqtpn@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:serodgers.1mqtpn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks for the reply. In a round about way you answered my question. I appologize for not including some of the information you noted was missing. I did not really think it would matter what brand computer I have or what version XP I was referring to. Basically, I had a computer that died. I had already installed an XP upgrade months before. After the desktop died and was trashed I decided to go with a laptop. I want to install the upgrade I had previously registered onto the laptop. I did not know if there was a way to do this since it was already registered, but by your reply it seems all I have to do is install and then talk to someone at Microsoft. Thanks again for the reply.
R. C. White Wrote:Hi, serodgers.
Your post is not a model of clarity. :(
As I understand: You have a retail WinXP you purchased from Wal*Mart, but you don't say if it is Home Edition or Professional Edition; you also don't say if it is the Upgrade version or Full. You also have - or are planning to buy - a laptop, but it is entirely anonymous, so far as we can tell; you haven't told us make or model or if it has WinXP (Home or Pro) or any other operating system pre-installed - or anything else about it. Apparently, you did use that Wal*Mart CD to install WinXP on your desktop computer, which has now suffered a hard disk failure; the desktop computer is now retired and that copy of WinXP is no longer being used.
I'll try to guess what you didn't tell us and give you an answer - but if I've guessed wrong about any of it, my answer is wrong, too. :(
I'm guessing your new laptop comes with WinXP Home pre-installed and you want to upgrade it to WinXP Pro, using the WinXP Pro CD you bought from Wal*Mart and previously installed and activated on your now-dead desktop. In that case, just boot your laptop from the WinXP CD and follow the prompts, choosing to upgrade the existing WinXP Home to Pro. At the end of the job, the new installation will activate automatically over the Internet. If it has been less than 120 days since that copy of Windows was previously activated (on your now-dead desktop), automatic Internet activation may fail; in that case, you will be provided a toll-free phone number onscreen where you may explain your situation to Microsoft and activate that way.
If your new laptop does not have WinXP installed, the procedure is the same (boot from the CD and follow the prompts), except that your Wal*Mart CD must be the FULL version; an upgrade won't work unless you can show proof that you have a qualifying version of Windows (a Win98/ME CD, for example).
If this doesn't solve your problem, please post back, correcting my wrong guesses.
RC
"serodgers" serodgers.1mn4dn@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote in message news:serodgers.1mn4dn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
My question may be an easy one if you have done this before, but I have not found any direction yet. I had XP installed on a desktop, but the drive crashed. I decided to scrap the PC and go with a laptop. How can I use the original XP install disk, I purchased XP from Wal-Mart, to install on the laptop if I have already registered while using my desktop?
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