Re: Adding extra HD and worried about XP licence accepting it
- From: Debbie <Debbie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 11:45:14 -0800
Thanks for the help.
On another note, I had thought of leaving the OS on the 80 gig as is, but I
thought that maybe since I had this chance for a clean install it might be a
better thing to do and since the 200 gig HD is newer I thought it would be
the best one to instal the OS to. I have been having issues with my system
that I cannot undo - I am not PC literate enough to fiddle with the registry.
After a clean install on the 200 gig can I later hook up the 80 gig as a
slave so that I could transfer My Documents and all other files? (windows
would still be installed on the 80, meaning at that point Windows would be
installed on two drives) I guess my point is - Is there a problem having two
drives with the same OS installed? Or should I make sure that I am unhooked
from the internet to transfer these files and then format my extra drive?
I don't have a problem backing up my files to CD, but I also have two
daughters with their own accounts and did not really want to have to backup
all their stuff and I thought that maybe just being able to copy their files
to the new drive would be the easiest. (PS I have had this new HD for over a
week now, still in it's original box and wrappings, afraid I might mess up my
system)
Thanks for all the help,
Debbie
"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:
> Hi,
>
> No, that will be fine. A new hard drive is only a minor change in the
> hardware hash used by activation. You may want to consider using the FAST
> wizard to backup the existing system for later import into the new
> installation. Information:
> http://aumha.org/win5/a/fast.htm
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Debbie" <Debbie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:37930B9D-16F3-44A9-99D4-9B728DDA706B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >I bought a new 200 gig HD and would like to intall in my PC. I am running
> >XP
> > Home on Intel Celeron 2.6, 512 Ram, 80 gig HD. This system I bought about
> > two years ago with XP pre-installed (from MDG in Canada)
> >
> > I have been reading up on OEM licences, which I have, and now am worried
> > that maybe if I add this HD to my sytem MS will reject my licence. How
> > can I
> > tell for sure? I wanted to put the OS on the new drive and use the 80 as
> > backup.
> >
> > I copied some info I was reading on below which I got from
> > http://aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm
> >
> >
> > OEM versions
> > Restrictions of specific license types may limit the foregoing. OEM
> > versions
> > of Windows XP are licensed together with the hardware with which they are
> > purchased, as an entity, and such a copy may not be moved to a different
> > computer. Also, other specific license types (e.g., Academic licenses) are
> > handled in different ways. These aren’t a WPA issue per se, but rather
> > an
> > issue of the license for that purchase, and therefore outside the scope of
> > this discussion of WPA.
> >
> > There are two versions of OEM Windows XP systems. One can be purchased
> > separately, with qualifying subsidiary hardware, and installed with that
> > hardware to an existing machine, to which it becomes bound. The software
> > may
> > be reinstalled and reactivated indefinitely as with a retail system as
> > long
> > as it is still on the original machine. It may not be transferred to a
> > different computer. It is activated as described above, but if it were
> > installed to hardware seen as not substantially the same, the activation
> > would be refused as falling outside the license.
> >
> >
> > ---the above is what I believe I have, can I add extra hardware and still
> > use my Win XP or will I have to purchase XP once again? (motherboard,
> > bios,
> > etc has not been changed) Thanks for any help.
> >
>
>
>
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