Re: Swapping XP Pro and Home

Andreww wrote:

Hi - I have 2 PC's, one with home and one with Pro.

I want to swap them around, i.e. home-Pro and Pro-home.

Can this be done?


If they are retail versions, certainly. But if either is an OEM version (for
example, if it came with the computer), the OEM license ties it permanently
to the first computer it's installed on and it may never be moved to
another.


Can I just swap Hard Disks?


After swapping hard drives, you would then have to at least do a Repair
Installation on both. See "How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install"
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

That usually works, but if it doesn't, you may need to do a clean
installation, so be sure than anything you can't afford to lose is first
backed up to external media.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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