Re: XP Home, how can I make C: swappable

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In news:E0C4943F-8D3B-4610-95CA-700C8FB8DE8A@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
stevekling <stevekling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> I want to be able to use a removable hard drive between 2 computers.
> This will be the C: drive with the XP Home OS installed on it.
> Ideally I'd like to install XP Home on Computer 1, and install
> another purchased copy of XP Home on Computer 2....but be able to
> swap these hard drives back and forth between the boxes at will. Is
> this going to be a activation problem with Microsoft? If so, is it a
> one-time thing or will it happen every time I swap?
>
> What if I just had one hard drive and wanted to be able to move it
> back and forth between 2 computers? Is there a way to register or
> activate one install of XP Home and make it available on either
> Computer 1 or 2 without a constant hassle? Buying another license is
> not a problem if that's what it takes.

In short I'm going to tell you just learn to network, grab a copy of VNC or
use XP Pro and remote desktop or another third party application. Why? In
order to have a hot-swappable C: drive (system drive if you will) you'll
need to ensure that you have the same exact architecture (for the most part)
on either system. Everything from the chipset to the BIOS version will
likely want to be exactly the same in order to even get the PC to boot
without needing to do a repair installation. There's freeware VNC
applications and XP Pro includes RD. Depending on what you're trying to
accomplish there's also a lot you can do with networking as well.

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there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations." -
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