Re: re-installing windows xp on a rebuilt computer


Doyle Stroup wrote:


"Ghostrider" wrote:


Re-install Windows XP on a Rebuilt compu wrote:


I am sorry if this is a long post, but I want all the facts out.

Back in 1999 I built my first computer, I loaded Windows 2000 at the time as the OS. A coupled of years later I upgraded to Windows XP with a copy I purchased from BestBuy. The computer ran great until 2005. Then all kinds if weird things began to happen. Eventually I built another computer (my 3rd) and ported all my stuff to it. I put the retired system into the junk heap and robbed it for parts occasionally. Late last year I decided to use it as the basis for a WHS Server. I put newer CPU's in it, but used the same Mobo. It was a Tyan mobo with dual P3's. I replaced the CPU's with dual 933's I got for next to nothing and put in new hard drives. It has 2 40 Gbyte and 2 300 Gbyte HD's now. The original 60 Gbyte HD I used had been re-used so it was not available. All other hardware is the same.

My question is: Can I re-install Windows XP on the system without having to buy another license? I have the original CD somewhere ( I will find it if I have too.) and installation key. The only problem is that I have 3 copies of the Windows XP retail upgrade but do not know which key goes with which computer.

I could not get WHS to install and will build a new computer this fall and purchase the WHS software (If you wonder).

Thanks for rading this message. Thanks for any help I get

Doyle

If the Windows XP upgrade that was installed into this particular
motherboard is not being used in any other machine and the same applies
for the qualifying Windows 2000, then its license can be re-used. Nor
should it really matter which copy of the Windows XP retail upgrade is
being used...provided that they are all the same version. Otherwise,
they have to be sorted out by version and the product keys matched to
the versions.




Thanks for your response. When you say version of Windows XP do you mean Home vs Professional?

Thanks again

Doyle

Being a retail Windows XP product, the "upgrade" disc could be either
Home or Professional.

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