Re: XP License - an unusual question
- From: "Mike Fields" <spam_me_not_mr.gadget2@comcastDOTnet>
- Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 19:24:21 -0700
"Nepatsfan" <nepatsfan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:ZomdnYspVOcitM3ZRVn-pw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Terry Haeber <Terry Haeber@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Based upon all I've read in the various MS Newsgroups, I
think this is an unusual question, and may seem rather
long-winded to most of you, but I do want to explain exactly
what I am trying to accomplish. I have a quite decent computer, keep it clean of viruses
etc., compact, defrag, clear TIF's, don't archive email in
default folders, etc. - the majority of which I have learned
from reading these NG's. Being rather anal, and as I have
both Acronis True Image and Nero 7 Ultra I back up on both,
as well as separately in addition My Docs., Bookmarks, and
OE (with OEBackup). To date I've not had to reinstall, clean
install, repair install my OS - XP Home-, but I would like
to know if I am capable of doing so if required. I have a
fairly extensive hard copy binder with instructions for the
above as well as a lot more - again as a result of reading
these NG's. What I want to do is aquire a second computer along with a
retail version of XP Home - mine is OEM - and a retail XP
Pro upgrade, use it minimally so that I can try to
reinstall, etc. for practice. Further, I would use it for
changing sound and audio cards, installing a DVD burner as I
have only CD at present, etc. in order to gain familiarity
with the insides. My actual question is: if I am to do so, and (I would
expect) screw up with reinstallation, etc. will I be able to
continually reinstall both the XP Home and XP Pro upgrade -
on the SAME computer, of course. This may seem, to a lot of you, a rather expensive means of
learning, but I do want to learn this hands on but without
jeopardizing my present system. We all either had or have to
learn at some point, but I really wish to do so safely.
Thank you for your assistance and direction.
Terry
It's your money but I wouldn't even consider buying the full retail version of XP Home along with the XP Pro Upgrade just to practice installations. For a little more than what you're planning on spending for software, you could buy a brand new Dell PC with a DVD burner.
Do yourself a favor, buy a computer with the OEM version of XP Home installed. Then, shop around for the XP Pro upgrade. You may find some of your local retail outlets offering it at a substantial discount. Down here, CompUSA has it on sale this week for $99.99 after rebates. With Windows Vista on the horizon, I think you'll find many stores looking to unload their inventory of XP upgrades.
Good luck
Nepatsfan
One of the cheaper (and best) ways to "practice" your installs/
recovery method is to buy another hard drive. Make a backup.
Pretend your drive failed and put the new drive in, take your
existing drive out so it is save and see if you
can get it back as expected. If not, nothing is lost since the
old drive has not been modified - work on the routine until you
can make it work as expected (there are a number of trap doors
to fall in doing a restore of a partition -- restoring the partition, but
not setting the MBR up correctly is one - simple fix, but will not
boot until you get it right).
mikey
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