Re: Adding extra HD and worried about XP licence accepting it

My own opinion is that there is a lot to be gained from keeping user data separate and distinct from OS and program files.

But two instances of active installations of the same version of Windows sounds like a recipe to unpredictability IMHO.

The OS, page file and programs on 80 GB disk sounds fine IMO

User data (My Documents for 3 people for example) on 200 GB drive sounds neat.

Inert backups (eg not active installations of an operating system) on user data disk seems reasonable.

One advantage is that if ever the OS happens to meet a difficulty at least the user data can be somehow be retreived



Debbie wrote:
Thanks, the older drive seems to work fine but I have a few bugs, not sure what is the cause -- no viruses, malware, adware, etc. Also I haven't upgraded to SP2, afraid of losing data or total access to PC.

Also, how would I move all existing non system files to the larger drive and leave the 80 gig for only the OS?

Thanks,  Debbie

"HeeroYuy" wrote:


Actually, I've made it a habit to use the larger hard drive as the slave. First, because it's too much hassle to migrate to the new drive. Second, because if you have large files, it's better to keep them on a large drive independent from the Windows files in case you need to reformat. And last, you can put the backup of Windows on the second drive without affecting the storage space of the larger drive much. If your 80GB drive is working, you might as well keep Windows on it until the drive dies.





"Debbie" <Debbie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:C8EB4903-8E07-4A33-82AC-4C70E93735F7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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 arenâ?Tt 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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