Aida32 program question

[DJ]

Hope this makes sense.

I have 2 harddrives. 40 GB Seagate , this one came with my PC no
installation CD. I also have a 120 GB Western Digital.

I have a retail version of WINDOWS XP and the Seagate didn't come with a CD,
so I used the licensed version and put in the Product Key for the OEM
version. Now on the Aida32 program it shows that the version is retail and
it gives the Product ID as an OEM?? . I purchased the retail for my 120 GB
Western Digital. Is there somewhere I check in the system files (Registry)
for this information?

Thanks bunches, Donna J.

 

[peter]

For what information??
It works............no matter which one you install
peter

 

[DJ]

Hi Peter,
Just want to make sure when I set up my other harddrive that I can use my
licensed version with no trouble. I don't have them both hooked up and it is
showing the information for my old harddrive.
Sorry didn't mean to confuse anyone. Just wondering if this information
(licensed instead of OEM version) is stored in the registry somewhere.
Thanks,
Donna J.

 

[VManes]

The license is for the computer, not the individual drives. Slap as many
HDs in there as you want - only one license is needed. You don't need to
get another copy of Windoze for that machine.

Val
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Hi Peter,
Just want to make sure when I set up my other harddrive that I can use my
licensed version with no trouble. I don't have them both hooked up and it is
showing the information for my old harddrive.
Sorry didn't mean to confuse anyone. Just wondering if this information
(licensed instead of OEM version) is stored in the registry somewhere.
Thanks,
Donna J.

 

[DJ]

Val,
thanks, my PC didn't come with a CD and I had to purchase one. What a
shame. I had asked HP about a CD within one week and getting my PC but he
reassured me that I wouldn't need one and I could do a full recovery from
the partition that was on my hard drive. Well that didn't work either.
Thanks,
Donna J.

 

[VManes]

Donna,
Many think it's pretty much a rip off that PC vendors don't give you a
proper Windows CD with new sytstems instead of their "restore" disk set.
Those will generally reinstall everything originally on the PC, even if you
went to great lengths to remove all the useless dreck. Any company that
expects you to totally rely on the restore data hidden on the hard drive is
doubly cheating you.

What happens if the disk crashes, or you want to replace it? Outta luck.
And, the restore data is taking up part of the disk space you paid for (it
was on the advertising and specs) but don't have the real use of.

Val
--
Bringing you BeadWizard Design Software
www.beadwizard.com
***************************
Practice safe eating -- always use condiments.
***************************

Val,
thanks, my PC didn't come with a CD and I had to purchase one. What a
shame. I had asked HP about a CD within one week and getting my PC but he
reassured me that I wouldn't need one and I could do a full recovery from
the partition that was on my hard drive. Well that didn't work either.
Thanks,
Donna J.

 

[DJ]

Oh I know Val. I guess we live and learn, don't we? I knew from owning
previous PC's that I was missing that CD right away. I should have pushed it
and made sure I had a backup back then. Oh, it's been a rough 2 months, but
I have heard from a lot of great people on these newsgroups that have helped
me tremendously and I learned a good bit too. So it all worked out in the
end. As for this particular PC vendor I will never deal with them again. The
support was very poor from the very first.

Donna J.