Re: Advice on XP Reinstall

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Bruce Chambers wrote:
Joseph wrote:
Exactly. If you have a factory-installed OEM license, and haven't since reinstalled the OS, the revealed Product Key is probably of the drive image used at the factory and not your specific Product Key; therefore, it probably cannot be -- and definitely should not be -- used for a re-installation.

Well, if that is the case, then the program probably works, which
is what I was wondering about. The test was made on my 'legal' new
laptop, but the actual target is another system which is what I
want to preserve the information for.
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