Re: Two boot drives

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From: Carey Frisch [MVP] (mrxp2004_at_nospamyahoo.com)
Date: 05/01/04 

Date: Sat, 1 May 2004 10:42:11 -0500

I read your post thoroughly and you did not mention
you had a Dell OEM version of Windows XP. Regardless,
and within the parameters of the EULA, you are permitted
to install Windows XP once on one computer. Installing
two copies of Windows XP on the same computer is a technical
violation of the EULA. You originally asked:
"Can I legally do this in XP-Pro?". The answer is NO!.

BTW, using "M$" is a rather adolescent way to refer to Microsoft.
Please refrain from using this contrite identification in the future. 

-- 
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
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"M$" <M$@xyz.com> wrote in message:
 news:O7LWQ5tLEHA.3380@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
| You did not read my post. I did install it twice on two separate partitions
| on the same PC and it does not ask for a CD Key and it is pre-activated. The
| PC was not connected to the internet nor a LAN when I tied this. BTW I
| re-formatted the HD again and just installed a single copy again. I did this
| at work as a test, but it would be useful at home especially to keep games
| and apps on separate partitions/OSs given that most, 99.9%, of games require
| administrator privileges to run.
| 
| What I have found out about Dell XP OEM is that it is tied to the hardware,
| BIOS, and therefore is pre-activated. i.e. if the OS dies and you format the
| HD and install XP on that machine again it never prompts for a CD Key and is
| activated already. This is not true of all OEM XP versions, for others do
| require activation, but in the case of XP versions that come with a Dell PC
| that does work. Also, if I understand correctly how activation work, it
| should work with other version of XP, both OEM and retail, since it is being
| install on the same HW which means that it is 100% identical for each
| installation. But only an actual test will very that.

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