My Dell computer died, motherboard failure. Too expensive to fix.

I have a chance to buy an HP at a great price. It had Vista. Can I use my
Dell OS Recovery disk and install XP Pro on the HP? The old Dell will be
thrown out. Vista will not be used on the HP

LarryT34286 <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> My Dell computer died, motherboard failure. Too expensive to fix.
>
> I have a chance to buy an HP at a great price. It had Vista. Can I
> use my Dell OS Recovery disk and install XP Pro on the HP? The old
> Dell will be thrown out. Vista will not be used on the HP

No, unfortunately, the OEM license for your Dell was permenantly linked to
that hardware. You can still buy a retail copy of XP (but hurry!) - which
you can install on the HP, if HP doesn't give you downgrade rights and
media. Many of us prefer not to buy OEM software/OSes because of this
annoyance.

No, you can not use a Dell OS in an HP system.

Mark

"LarryT34286" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> My Dell computer died, motherboard failure. Too expensive to fix.
>
> I have a chance to buy an HP at a great price. It had Vista. Can I use
> my
> Dell OS Recovery disk and install XP Pro on the HP? The old Dell will be
> thrown out. Vista will not be used on the HP

"LarryT34286" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> My Dell computer died, motherboard failure. Too expensive to fix.

Bummer!

> I have a chance to buy an HP at a great price. It had Vista. Can I use
> my
> Dell OS Recovery disk and install XP Pro on the HP?

No. It's illegal. Also, Dell CD may not run on non Dell PC.

> The old Dell will be thrown out.

The OS license goes with it. OEM license lives and dies with the PC.

> Vista will not be used on the HP

Ask HP if they can provide downgrade CD (to WinXP)

"LarryT34286" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> My Dell computer died, motherboard failure. Too expensive to fix.
>
> I have a chance to buy an HP at a great price. It had Vista. Can I use
my
> Dell OS Recovery disk and install XP Pro on the HP? The old Dell will be
> thrown out. Vista will not be used on the HP


No


a recovery disk will only work on the original machine.


Though I personally prefer XP myself...
I'd at least give Vista a try...it may very well work out ok for you...
it's likely to work ok on a new machine

A question like yours will obviously produce an emphatic NO answer.
However, my advice is to try and see what happens.

People wrongly say that DELL cds won't install on non-dell systems.
This is completely wrong and they don't know what they are talking
about. I manage nearly 1000 systems and I have installed DELL and HP
Cds on non dell (or non-HP) systems and I have had no problems thus far.

Reading the EULA, it prohibits you from installing an OEM application or
OS on another system but this hasn't been tested at court of law and so
I would try it any way.

hth
Fat Kev!!!!

LarryT34286 wrote:

>My Dell computer died, motherboard failure. Too expensive to fix.
>
>I have a chance to buy an HP at a great price. It had Vista. Can I use my
>Dell OS Recovery disk and install XP Pro on the HP? The old Dell will be
>thrown out. Vista will not be used on the HP
>
>

On a recovery disk no, unless it has the full OS on the CD. The legal
answer is no, the non-legal answer is yes.



"philo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "LarryT34286" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:3E4E2CB0-8A2C-4849-B29D-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> My Dell computer died, motherboard failure. Too expensive to fix.
>>
>> I have a chance to buy an HP at a great price. It had Vista. Can I use
> my
>> Dell OS Recovery disk and install XP Pro on the HP? The old Dell will be
>> thrown out. Vista will not be used on the HP
>
>
> No
>
>
> a recovery disk will only work on the original machine.
>
>
> Though I personally prefer XP myself...
> I'd at least give Vista a try...it may very well work out ok for you...
> it's likely to work ok on a new machine
>
>

"K2NNJ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On a recovery disk no, unless it has the full OS on the CD. The legal
> answer is no, the non-legal answer is yes.
>
>
>


If the cd is the full legal version and the original machine is destroyed...
then legally XP could be re-loaded...
but with a restore disk, not only would it not be legal...
it would be matched to the hardware...so would not even be installable

"Fat Kev" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> People wrongly say that DELL cds won't install on non-dell systems. This
> is completely wrong and they don't know what they are talking about.

IIRC, back in year 2001 I used Win98 setup CD from Dell on a no brand PC.
Setup won't go beyond a certain point (can't remember at which point)
because it's not a Dell PC.

> I manage nearly 1000 systems and I have installed DELL and HP Cds on non
> dell (or non-HP) systems and I have had no problems thus far.

Great.

A preinstalled copy of XP may not be transferred regardless of the state of
the machine it came with.

"philo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "K2NNJ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> On a recovery disk no, unless it has the full OS on the CD. The legal
>> answer is no, the non-legal answer is yes.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> If the cd is the full legal version and the original machine is
> destroyed...
> then legally XP could be re-loaded...
> but with a restore disk, not only would it not be legal...
> it would be matched to the hardware...so would not even be installable
>
>