Carey Frisch said:You'll have to purchase a second license (Product Key) in order
to install, and activate, Windows XP on a second drive. Your
End User License Agreement only permits one installation of
Windows XP on one computer system.
Once you purchase another license (Product Key), you may install
Windows XP on another computer using the same CD (Retail Version Only)
but using the new Product Key.
On the back of the Windows XP retail box, please read the statement
"For installation and use on one computer"
(see License Agreement for license terms).
To access the License Agreement on your XP computer, go to:
Start > Run and type: WINVER , and hit enter.
Then click on "End-User License Agreement".
You can also open XP's "Help and Support" and type: EULA
and hit enter. Click on "Questions and answers about the EULA".
The End-User License Agreement states quite clearly:
"You may install, use, access, display and run one copy
of the Software on a single computer...."
You can install one (1) copy of Windows XP on one (1) computer.
Additional installations requires additional licenses (Product Keys)
for each installation on a different computer.
HOW TO: Change the Product Key at the Time of Activation
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810892&Product=winxp
Additional Licenses for Windows XP Home Edition
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/addlic.asp
Additional Licenses for Windows XP Professional
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/addlic.asp
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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
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| How do you install multiple versions of Windows XP to more than 1
| drive? The most I can get is 3 installation of XP on my Primary
| Drive, and none on my secondary drive. I want 3 on each selectable
| via bootmagic at startup. What can I do?
Carey Frisch said:You can install one (1) copy of Windows XP
on one (1) system. Each additional installation
of Windows XP, installed on the same system,
required a new license (Product Key) which you'll
have to purchase.
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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
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| You misunderstand. All of these installations are to the same system.
| It is called multibooting. Please re-read my post to get a clearer
| understanding of the question.
Carey Frisch said:You can install one (1) copy of Windows XP
on one (1) system. Each additional installation
of Windows XP, installed on the same system,
required a new license (Product Key) which you'll
have to purchase.
--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
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| You misunderstand. All of these installations are to the same system.
| It is called multibooting. Please re-read my post to get a clearer
| understanding of the question.
You are familiar with Powerquest Partition Magic and Bootmagic? This
is one of the things that they have been designed for. Purchasing
additional licenses is only for installing Windows on separate
Computer systems, not separate partitions of the same system.
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