Re: Reinstall XP on HP Laptop's new hard drive.
- From: "Gary S. Terhune" <none>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 09:55:07 -0700
You probably won't have any luck with using your CD, since Activation will
likely fail. Doesn't matter what Product Key you use, that isn't the
license, just a key to allow the CD to work. License and activation depend
on other numbers entirely.
Your friend really needs to contact HP for replacement media, if possible.
Laptops, in particular, may require the manufacturer's installation files,
since they are often modified for the particular model machine.
No, there is no place to legitimately download Windows XP, and if you go for
an illegitimate copy, be prepared for problems in the future. WGA, for one
thing, will likely fail the system, causing the user to be unable to update
the system easily.
--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com
"Meredith9053" <Meredith9053@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:5D6C0B61-D75D-44E9-A353-7A8E37B8FFD1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Long story short. Friends HP (Pavilion - i think) laptop, her hard drive
had
bad virus and new drive was installed. Situation, Nothing installed on
new
drive as yet. Want to put her XP on it. No discs with HP when purchased.
Not even Recovery CD. I have xp cds - which i bought for my home pc. Can
I
install that and use her cd key from the sticker on the laptop? Or better
still can you get a download of XP without paying full price for
circumstances like this? Dont really want to clone old drive, as all the
problems will come too. thoughts?
Thanks for your time.
.
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