Re: new license without reinstall

No. You"ll need to purchase a "Full Version" of
Windows XP and perform a "Repair Install".

Example:

Microsoft Windows XP Home With SP2 - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16837102059

Changing a Motherboard or Moving a Hard Drive with XP Installed
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html

How to Perform a Repair Install of Windows XP
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
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"Stan" wrote:

| I just swapped out the motherboard and have an OEM version of XP Home on the
| hard drive. Is there a way to purchase just a new license only without
| actually having to go through a reinstall?

.

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