Reinstalling Win XP Pro on same PC

I am having trouble with my PC and may have to reinstall XP Pro for the
second time. Is there a limit to the number of times I can do this? Is there
a way to repair the current installation?
--
Michael

On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 17:26:02 +0100, Michael Jackson
<MichaelJackson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I am having trouble with my PC and may have to reinstall XP Pro for the
> second time. Is there a limit to the number of times I can do this? Is
> there
> a way to repair the current installation?

The only limit imposed by XP for a single-user licence is that once you
install it on one machine, then you can only re-activate it on that same
machine.

And yes, you can boot off your windows xp cd again and it will in fact
prompt you to see if you want it to try and repair your installation
rather than wiping it clea and reinstalling.

--
- Stefan Z Camilleri
- www.szc001.com

Thanks Stefan I will try that.
--
Michael


"Stefan Z Camilleri" wrote:

> On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 17:26:02 +0100, Michael Jackson
> <MichaelJackson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > I am having trouble with my PC and may have to reinstall XP Pro for the
> > second time. Is there a limit to the number of times I can do this? Is
> > there
> > a way to repair the current installation?
>
> The only limit imposed by XP for a single-user licence is that once you
> install it on one machine, then you can only re-activate it on that same
> machine.
>
> And yes, you can boot off your windows xp cd again and it will in fact
> prompt you to see if you want it to try and repair your installation
> rather than wiping it clea and reinstalling.
>
> --
> - Stefan Z Camilleri
> - www.szc001.com
>

"Stefan Z Camilleri" wrote:
> The only limit imposed by XP for a single-user licence is that once you
> install it on one machine, then you can only re-activate it on that same
> machine.


On what do you base that? That may be reasonable for an OEM
version of Windows, but it doesn't sound right for a retail version.
Here's a scenario: Your hard motherboard fails, and you have to
re-install WinXP on the same machine that has a new motherboard.
By your statement, you'd have to buy a new installation CD.

*TimDaniels*

On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:14:39 +0100, Timothy Daniels
<TDaniels@NoSpamDot.com> wrote:

> On what do you base that?

It's all here -->
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr...te/xpactiv.mspx

--
- Stefan Z Camilleri
- www.szc001.com

"Stefan Z Camilleri" <szc001@szc001.com> wrote in message
newsp.tmtuxukw1b88cg@asusw2jc.lan...
> On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:14:39 +0100, Timothy Daniels
> <TDaniels@NoSpamDot.com> wrote:
>
>> On what do you base that?
>
> It's all here -->
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr...te/xpactiv.mspx
>
> --
> - Stefan Z Camilleri
> - www.szc001.com

I guess either you did not read the page you cited, or your comprehension is
limited. The page you cited contradicts the post you made. Timothy Daniels
is correct. I have used the Retail versions of Windows for many years, and
I build my own computers. I am *always* able to activate the same copy on a
newly built machine as long as I remove it from the old machine. I may have
to use the phone activation method, but I can assure you that the retail
version is not forever linked to the original machine it is activated on; I
have done it numerous times over the last few years.

Honu

On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 21:50:53 +0100, Hertz_Donut <nowhere@mindspring.com>
wrote:

>
> "Stefan Z Camilleri" <szc001@szc001.com> wrote in message
> newsp.tmtuxukw1b88cg@asusw2jc.lan...
>> On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:14:39 +0100, Timothy Daniels
>> <TDaniels@NoSpamDot.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On what do you base that?
>>
>> It's all here -->
>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr...te/xpactiv.mspx
>>
>> --
>> - Stefan Z Camilleri
>> - www.szc001.com
>
> I guess either you did not read the page you cited, or your
> comprehension is
> limited. The page you cited contradicts the post you made. Timothy
> Daniels
> is correct. I have used the Retail versions of Windows for many years,
> and
> I build my own computers. I am *always* able to activate the same copy
> on a
> newly built machine as long as I remove it from the old machine. I may
> have
> to use the phone activation method, but I can assure you that the retail
> version is not forever linked to the original machine it is activated
> on; I
> have done it numerous times over the last few years.
>
> Honu
>
>
>

Then I apologise for my misunderstanding it, yet the page states clearly
that it binds itself to the hardware.

Oh well... if you manage to get it done, that is all that matters

--
- Stefan Z Camilleri
- www.szc001.com

"Stefan Z Camilleri" wrote:

> On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 21:50:53 +0100, Hertz_Donut <nowhere@mindspring.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > "Stefan Z Camilleri" <szc001@szc001.com> wrote in message
> > newsp.tmtuxukw1b88cg@asusw2jc.lan...
> >> On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:14:39 +0100, Timothy Daniels
> >> <TDaniels@NoSpamDot.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On what do you base that?
> >>
> >> It's all here -->
> >> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr...te/xpactiv.mspx
> >>
> >> --
> >> - Stefan Z Camilleri
> >> - www.szc001.com
> >
> > I guess either you did not read the page you cited, or your
> > comprehension is
> > limited. The page you cited contradicts the post you made. Timothy
> > Daniels
> > is correct. I have used the Retail versions of Windows for many years,
> > and
> > I build my own computers. I am *always* able to activate the same copy
> > on a
> > newly built machine as long as I remove it from the old machine. I may
> > have
> > to use the phone activation method, but I can assure you that the retail
> > version is not forever linked to the original machine it is activated
> > on; I
> > have done it numerous times over the last few years.
> >
> > Honu
> >
> >
> >
>
> Then I apologise for my misunderstanding it, yet the page states clearly
> that it binds itself to the hardware.
>
> Oh well... if you manage to get it done, that is all that matters
>
> --
> - Stefan Z Camilleri
> - www.szc001.com
> The key word in Honu's statement is RETAIL version it does not apply to OEM versions. As Michael did not state which version he had you both could be right.
JohnM

You can only install winXP home 25 times regardless of comp hardware.

Ive been using XP home for a while, and it turns out that ive wiped, and
re-installed my XP home 25 times, that suprised me, whats more suprising is
that i need a new cdkey, for the first half of windows activation. since ive
used my cd key on the smae computer 25 times, i cant activate windows.