Can't transfer drive to new PC under XP without reinstall. Will Win2K allow this?

[nimh_pa]

In the past, I've tried migrating a hard drive which had the VLK (corp)
edition of XP Pro on it, to another PC. This never worked (bringing up
a blue screen), because of Gates' anti-piracy schemes, that try to
prevent you from changing "too much hardware" linked to the OS on the
drive. (WPA or whatever its called here). If it detects major hardware,
like the motherboard, has changed, it wont boot. This necessitates a
LOT of rigamarole to simply install my drive into another PC, ie. doing
an upgrade install, and possibly screwing up the operation of my
system. What I'm actually trying to do is set up a stable system for a
friend, so that she can take the drive and install it into another
system (a PC that will not be accessible to me), without problems or
headaches from the copy-protection schemes built into the new Windows
operating systems.

Now, if every possible edition of WinXP (Home/Pro/Corp/VLK/etc) wont
allow this (without a reinstall of the OS), my question is, what about
Win2K Pro? Is it feasible to transfer an HD that conatins Win2K Pro to
another PC, without fear of the protection system kicking in and not
working without a reinstall?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

In the past, I've tried migrating a hard drive which had the VLK
(corp) edition of XP Pro on it, to another PC. This never worked
(bringing up a blue screen), because of Gates' anti-piracy schemes,
that try to prevent you from changing "too much hardware" linked to
the OS on the drive. (WPA or whatever its called here). If it
detects major hardware, like the motherboard, has changed, it wont
boot. This necessitates a LOT of rigamarole to simply install my
drive into another PC, ie. doing an upgrade install, and possibly
screwing up the operation of my system. What I'm actually trying to
do is set up a stable system for a friend, so that she can take the
drive and install it into another system (a PC that will not be
accessible to me), without problems or headaches from the
copy-protection schemes built into the new Windows operating
systems.

Now, if every possible edition of WinXP (Home/Pro/Corp/VLK/etc) wont
allow this (without a reinstall of the OS), my question is, what
about Win2K Pro? Is it feasible to transfer an HD that conatins
Win2K Pro to another PC, without fear of the protection system
kicking in and not working without a reinstall?

Sysprep for XP.
2000 is a bit more forgiving, but sysprep it too.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

In the past, I've tried migrating a hard drive which had the VLK (corp)
edition of XP Pro on it, to another PC. This never worked (bringing up
a blue screen), because of Gates' anti-piracy schemes, that try to
prevent you from changing "too much hardware" linked to the OS on the
drive. (WPA or whatever its called here). If it detects major hardware,
like the motherboard, has changed, it wont boot. This necessitates a
LOT of rigamarole to simply install my drive into another PC, ie. doing
an upgrade install, and possibly screwing up the operation of my
system. What I'm actually trying to do is set up a stable system for a
friend, so that she can take the drive and install it into another
system (a PC that will not be accessible to me), without problems or
headaches from the copy-protection schemes built into the new Windows
operating systems.

Now, if every possible edition of WinXP (Home/Pro/Corp/VLK/etc) wont
allow this (without a reinstall of the OS), my question is, what about
Win2K Pro? Is it feasible to transfer an HD that conatins Win2K Pro to
another PC, without fear of the protection system kicking in and not
working without a reinstall?

I find it mildly amusing that you complain so bitterly about MS
copy protection mechanisms in an MS-sponsored newsgroup . .

Win2000 does not have registration mechanisms that WinXP
has. However, you will still face an uphill battle when porting
an existing Win2000 installation to new hardware. Most likely
you will see the dreaded "Inaccessible boot device" message.
Here is a little light reading on how to get around it:

How to Move a Windows Installation to Different Hardware
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q249694
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q314082

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q292175.ASP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;824125

You could also get yourself a copy of Acronis TrueImage
plus Acronis Universal Restore. These products let you
create an image file of a Win2000 installation, then restore
this image onto a different machine. It works very nicely
but then the good Acronis people would like to see some
reward for their efforts too!

 

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[Shenan Stanley]

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[Guest]

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[Bruce Chambers]

In the past, I've tried migrating a hard drive which had the VLK (corp)
edition of XP Pro on it, to another PC. This never worked (bringing up
a blue screen),

No, of course not. Normally, and assuming a retail license (many
factory-installed OEM installations are BIOS-locked to a specific
chipset and therefore *not* transferable to a new motherboard - check
yours before starting), unless the new motherboard is virtually
identical (same chipset, same IDE controllers, same BIOS version, etc.)
to the one on which the WinXP installation was originally performed,
you'll need to perform a repair (a.k.a. in-place upgrade) installation,
at the very least:

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341

Changing a Motherboard or Moving a Hard Drive with WinXP Installed
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html

The "why" is quite simple, really: You've pulled the proverbial
hardware rug out from under the OS. (If you don't like -- or get -- the
rug analogy, think of it as picking up a Cape Cod style home and then
setting it down onto a Ranch style foundation. It just isn't going to
fit.) WinXP, like Win2K before it, is not nearly as "promiscuous" as
Win9x when it comes to accepting any old hardware configuration you
throw at it. On installation it "tailors" itself to the specific
hardware found. This is one of the reasons that the entire WinNT/2K/XP
OS family is so much more stable than the Win9x group.

.... because of Gates' anti-piracy schemes, that try to
prevent you from changing "too much hardware" linked to the OS on the
drive. (WPA or whatever its called here). If it detects major hardware,
like the motherboard, has changed, it wont boot.

That's completely incorrect. It has nothing to do with licensing
issues, per se; it's a purely technical matter, at this point. I don't
see how you could reasonable think it does. How can Windows possibly
check for hardware changes *before* the OS has been booted?

This necessitates a
LOT of rigamarole to simply install my drive into another PC, ie. doing
an upgrade install, and possibly screwing up the operation of my
system. What I'm actually trying to do is set up a stable system for a
friend, so that she can take the drive and install it into another
system (a PC that will not be accessible to me), without problems or
headaches from the copy-protection schemes built into the new Windows
operating systems.

The problem isn't with any copy protection schemes, but rather with
your limited knowledge of how operating systems interact with the hardware.

Now, if every possible edition of WinXP (Home/Pro/Corp/VLK/etc) wont
allow this (without a reinstall of the OS), my question is, what about
Win2K Pro? Is it feasible to transfer an HD that conatins Win2K Pro to
another PC, without fear of the protection system kicking in and not
working without a reinstall?

Win2K is the same in this respect: pull the hardware rug out from under
the Win2K installation, and you'll need to perform a repair
installation. (Proving, incidentally, that the issue has nothing to do
with licensing or product activation.

Normally, unless the new motherboard is virtually identical to the old
one (same chipset, IDE controllers, etc), you'll most likely need to
perform a repair (a.k.a. in-place upgrade) installation, at the very
least (and don't forget to reinstall any service packs and subsequent
hot fixes):

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q292175

What an In-Place Win2K Upgrade Changes and What It Doesn't
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q306952

If that fails:

How to Move a Windows 2000 Installation to Different Hardware
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q249694&ID=KB;EN-US;Q249694


--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:



They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin

 

[nimh_pa]

No, of course not. Normally, and assuming a retail license (many
factory-installed OEM installations are BIOS-locked to a specific
chipset and therefore *not* transferable to a new motherboard - check
yours before starting), unless the new motherboard is virtually
identical (same chipset, same IDE controllers, same BIOS version, etc.)
to the one on which the WinXP installation was originally performed,
you'll need to perform a repair (a.k.a. in-place upgrade) installation,
at the very least:

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341

Changing a Motherboard or Moving a Hard Drive with WinXP Installed
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html

The "why" is quite simple, really: You've pulled the proverbial
hardware rug out from under the OS. (If you don't like -- or get -- the
rug analogy, think of it as picking up a Cape Cod style home and then
setting it down onto a Ranch style foundation. It just isn't going to
fit.)

Could you come up with more irrelevant analogies? I thought, as I
already said, I knew XP requires that you reinstall it if you're going
to change major hardware, but now you've confused me with your
analogies. What's all this about cod?

WinXP, like Win2K before it, is not nearly as "promiscuous" as
Win9x when it comes to accepting any old hardware configuration you
throw at it. On installation it "tailors" itself to the specific
hardware found. This is one of the reasons that the entire WinNT/2K/XP
OS family is so much more stable than the Win9x group.

Right. Well if it can "tailor" itself ONCE to your hardware, it can
damn well do it a second time. Particularly since it can detect new
hardware. This has EVERYTHING to do with Gates wanting to control
everything that people do with Windows now, which as we see here, is a
crippled operating system right out of the box.

That's completely incorrect. It has nothing to do with licensing
issues, per se; it's a purely technical matter, at this point. I don't
see how you could reasonable think it does. How can Windows possibly
check for hardware changes *before* the OS has been booted?

Geez, you're not too swift, are you? When did I ever say Windows
"checks for hardware changes before it boots up"?! Duh!! You wanna try
that again? I said that in XP, I will get a BSOD before anything loads,
if I change the drive to another computer. And like I said, it has
EVERYTHING to do with licensing issues. As everyone who's tried to
change their hardware under XP knows by now, you have to call Bill
Gates and beg for his "approval" of your new hardware, before he'll be
"kind enough" to let you use the software you purchased, with the
hardware you installed.

You like "analogies" do ya? How about this one: Its like buying a car
from the showroom, but the dealer puts in a clause that says you can
only drive it on the roads he approves of, and fill it with the brand
of oil he approves of. Only. Otherwise, the engine shuts off
permanently.

The problem isn't with any copy protection schemes, but rather with
your limited knowledge of how operating systems interact with the hardware.

Oh right. So you're telling me, that if I have more "knowledge" about
how the operating systems work, then no problem, I'll be able to switch
my drive (containing Win2k or XP) into a completely different system,
without having to reinstall the operating system! Don't talk to me
about "knowledge", you idiot, when it's obvious you have none and not a
clue as to what you're yammering about. You've probably never used
Win2k Pro in your life.

Win2K is the same in this respect: pull the hardware rug out from under
the Win2K installation, and you'll need to perform a repair
installation. (Proving, incidentally, that the issue has nothing to do
with licensing or product activation.

That's the stupidest thing I ever read. You just proved my point about
Windows nasty XP/Win2k product activation schemes, that kick in and
prevent you from moving your hard drive to another computer, then said
"it proves it has nothing to do with product activation". What a moron!

Normally, unless the new motherboard is virtually identical to the old
one (same chipset, IDE controllers, etc), you'll most likely need to
perform a repair (a.k.a. in-place upgrade) installation, at the very
least (and don't forget to reinstall any service packs and subsequent
hot fixes):

Tell me something I didnt know, why dont you.

 

[nimh_pa]

I find it mildly amusing that you complain so bitterly about MS
copy protection mechanisms in an MS-sponsored newsgroup . .

Yeah, me and TWO BILLION other people! "Complain so bitterly"? All I
did was mention a basic fact about Windows 2k & XP? If you think
anything I said was "bitter complaining", you haven't even heard me get
started on these Gatesian operating systems. And why wouldn't I
complain about about MAJOR FUNDAMENTAL FLAWS in 2 Windows operating
systems on an MS group? Did I offend Bill Gates reading this? Good!! I
hope he choked on his cornflakes this morning.

If you're saying that M$ is offended by people's complaints about their
operating systems, no kidding they have such a reputation for being the
new "Big Brother" in computers and operating systems. They obviously
DON'T listen to their customers. Because -no one- ever told M$ "Gee,
could you please make it freaking IMPOSSIBLE for me to intsall my hard
drive in a new system, please?!".

All this punishment and hardship against *legitimate* Windows customers
just to put a stick in the spokes of some pirates, with their
reprehensible protection schemes that dictate what you can and cant do
with your computer hardware, regardless of whether Windows supports it!
There's absolutely -nothing- that prevents M$ from being able to detect
new hardware and configure itself to your new motherboard. Your
purchase of a license should allow you to use the software on another
computer (providing you uninstall it from your first computer), without
headaches! Just like buying a car license doesn't and shouldn't limit
you to driving just one car!

All I wanted to do was set up a friend's hard drive, to be used on a
system thousands of miles away, that I have no direct access to. Why,
because my friend doesn't know the FIRST DAMN THING about installing
operating systems. And doesn't want to know, she just wants a stable,
working computer system, and knows that I can set that up. But if the
damn operating system is going to cry about working under a new
motherboard or whatever, when it doesn't need to, and then refuse to
operate unless its reinstalled, there goes all the careful hours, days
or weeks that I might have spent setting up the system, just so that
all the config, system files and everything could be written over with
the windows default. Or worse, everything on it gets destroyed because
my friend who doesn't know a damn thing about operating systems did the
wrong thing and reformatted the drive. Or Windows install just screwed
everything up by itself (its ALWAYS a risk to do an upgrade install
over a stable, working system, and always a compromise).

Its for major crap like this that people are abandoning Windows for
Mac, Linux and other operating systems.

Win2000 does not have registration mechanisms that WinXP
has. However, you will still face an uphill battle when porting
an existing Win2000 installation to new hardware. Most likely
you will see the dreaded "Inaccessible boot device" message.

Here is a little light reading on how to get around it:

"Getting around it", according to those articles, basically means
reinstalling Win2K.
Unless you got "real lucky" and happened to have purchased a system
that is an exact duplicate of every bloody element possible on your
first machine, including the color of the paint on the outside. Bill
Gates SAYS: "Sorry suckers! You chose Windows. You lose!".

Well, I haven't said my last word to Bill yet....

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

"Getting around it", according to those articles, basically means

reinstalling Win2K.
Unless you got "real lucky" and happened to have purchased a system
that is an exact duplicate of every bloody element possible on your
first machine, including the color of the paint on the outside. Bill
Gates SAYS: "Sorry suckers! You chose Windows. You lose!".

You might want to spend a little more time on finding out
about to move Windows to different hardware, and a
little less on trying to spread your gospel. I performed
such a migration over the weekend with no trouble at all.

 

[Bob I]

YAWN



(e-mail address removed) wrote:

<< misguided ranting snipped >>

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Could you come up with more irrelevant analogies? I thought, as I
already said, I knew XP requires that you reinstall it if you're going
to change major hardware, but now you've confused me with your
analogies. What's all this about cod?

So you're as architecturally-challenged as you are computer-challenged.
Why am I not surprised?

Right. Well if it can "tailor" itself ONCE to your hardware, it can
damn well do it a second time.

The tailoring occurs *ONLY* during installation.

Particularly since it can detect new
hardware. This has EVERYTHING to do with Gates wanting to control
everything that people do with Windows now, which as we see here, is a
crippled operating system right out of the box.

If all you're willing to do is broadcast your paranoid delusions,
rather than accept sound technical advice, you'll never get anywhere.

Geez, you're not too swift, are you? When did I ever say Windows
"checks for hardware changes before it boots up"?! Duh!! You wanna try
that again? I said that in XP, I will get a BSOD before anything loads,
if I change the drive to another computer. And like I said, it has
EVERYTHING to do with licensing issues.

How can it possibly have anything to do with licensing, if the OS isn't
loaded to check said licensing? Have you ever heard of the concept of
simple common sense?

As everyone who's tried to
change their hardware under XP knows by now, you have to call Bill
Gates and beg for his "approval" of your new hardware, before he'll be
"kind enough" to let you use the software you purchased, with the
hardware you installed.

Yes, WPA was instituted as an anti-piracy measure, but it won't work
until WinXP loads. WinXP won't load until you do the repair
installation. Which part of this is still over your head?

You like "analogies" do ya? How about this one: Its like buying a car
from the showroom, but the dealer puts in a clause that says you can
only drive it on the roads he approves of, and fill it with the brand
of oil he approves of. Only. Otherwise, the engine shuts off
permanently.




Oh right. So you're telling me, that if I have more "knowledge" about
how the operating systems work, then no problem, I'll be able to switch
my drive (containing Win2k or XP) into a completely different system,
without having to reinstall the operating system!

No, what I clearly said that is if you had a bit of technical
familiarity with either OS, you'd know that both require repair
installations, and that the reasons for this are purely technical.

That's the stupidest thing I ever read. You just proved my point about
Windows nasty XP/Win2k product activation schemes, that kick in and
prevent you from moving your hard drive to another computer, then said
"it proves it has nothing to do with product activation". What a moron!

Win2K has no Product Activation.

Tell me something I didnt know, why dont you.

I have, obviously. Repeatedly, and probably to no avail.


--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:



They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin

 

[nimh_pa]

I'm as intellectually-challenged as I am computer-challenged.
Why are you not surprised?

Hey, who said I wasn't?

The tailoring occurs *ONLY* during installation.

Maybe you should take a flower pot and bang it against your head until
something warm oozes out. I think thats the only way you'll ever
understand anything anyone tries to explain to you. Or have someone
less stupider than yourself try to explain to you how very possible it
is for the OS to tailor itself to any new piece of hardware you
install. Including a motherboard. Unless of course, you're Bill Gates
who wants to control every aspect of people lives wrt his software. Or
one of his "M$ Zombies". Then, its not possible.

If all you're willing to do is broadcast your paranoid delusions,
rather than accept sound technical advice, you'll never get anywhere.

What "sound technical advice", you slack-jawed yokel? You haven't told
me a damn thing about Win2K or WinXP that I didn't already know, and
neither has anyone else here been able to. The whole point of my post
was to find a way to NOT have to reinstall the damn operating system,
in case that slipped by your sliver of a worm-infested brain. You think
I'm going to "get somewhere" by you telling me I have to reinstall the
operating system if I want to migrate my HD, you paste-eating moron?

Rather, YOU are the one "broadcasting your delusions" by denying what
is established FACT about M$ XP: You DONT get to decide what hardware
you get to install on your computer, if you're running M$ operating
system. Its called Windows Product Activation, you ****ing moron. And I
think theres about 20 million people that have a problem with that,
Gumbo. Of course, they all have paranoid delusions, and you whacking
yourself on the side of the head with a shoe, do not. Keep telling
yourself that, maybe it'll convince someone.

How can it possibly have anything to do with licensing, if the OS isn't
loaded to check said licensing? Have you ever heard of the concept of
simple common sense?

Yes, but apparently, "simple common sense" to you, means eating bugs
and sticking glass shards up your anus. What do you think the BSOD is
part of, you idiot? Hint: it doesnt come from the BIOS. But it does
come BEFORE Windows is loaded. Yeah, I know thats a difficult concept
for you to get, since youre drowning in your own ignorance. Like I said
before, get help. I dont have time to deal with complete idiots like
you.

Yes, WPA was instituted as an anti-piracy measure, but it won't work
until WinXP loads. WinXP won't load until you do the repair
installation. Which part of this is still over your head?




No, what I clearly said that is if you had a bit of technical
familiarity with either OS, you'd know that both require repair
installations, and that the reasons for this are purely technical.

I have PLENTY of 'technical familiariity' with XP, and Win2k is a
subset of that. Obviously, I didnt know if Win2K has the same
anti-piracy "issues" that makes XP a crippled OS, otherwise, I wouldnt
have asked the question you mind-numbing cretin. You obvously dont know
shit about either OS, but youre a Bill Gates asskissing zombie for M$,
so you have to say something to apologize for them. This is all I'm
going to contribute to your education about XP, you ignorant clod: you
add a secondary drive to an XP system with no problems, XP will
automatically recognize the hardware on boot up. But even if you have
the same OS on another drive, you can so easily change the primary
drive: not because XP is too stupid to know that you've added a
different drive to the system, you crayon-eating weasel, but because of
XP's built in "Big Brother" limitations, whereby Gates decides what
kind of hardware you can change on your copy of XP, and how much you
can change it. Among the hardware that XP can automatically recognize
is: motherboards, hard drives, sound cards, network cards, mice, so on
and so forth. There is NO technical limitation in 2006 that prevents X
from recognizing that you changed your motherboard and configuring
itself to the new hardware. There's only a "political limitation",
because Gates feels that gives XP owners too much control. Now go beat
yourself, I dont want to hear from you again.

 

[nimh_pa]

You might want to spend a little more time on finding out
about to move Windows to different hardware, and a
little less on trying to spread your gospel. I performed
such a migration over the weekend with no trouble at all.

Yeah right. Why do you think I asked the question, you idiot? You didnt
tell me anything I didnt already know, or that would help me transfer
the drive to either OS without a reinstall. So you're basically
useless. Why are you still here? Get lost. Shoo!

 

[John John]

Pegasus (MVP) wrote:




Yeah right. Why do you think I asked the question, you idiot? You didnt
tell me anything I didnt already know, or that would help me transfer
the drive to either OS without a reinstall. So you're basically
useless. Why are you still here? Get lost. Shoo!

You dumb cluck! Do you think that ALL computers are identical? Do you
think that you can just yank a hard drive out of a computer and just
stick it in any other computer and then expect it to just boot up,
presto! Never mind Bill Gates and Product Activation for a second, what
else do you think happens when you install Windows on a computer?
Windows has to be configured for the hardware on which it is installed,
obviously you haven't thought about that for more than half a second!

John

 

[nimh_pa]

You dumb cluck! Do you think that ALL computers are identical? Do you
think that you can just yank a hard drive out of a computer and just
stick it in any other computer and then expect it to just boot up,
presto! Never mind Bill Gates and Product Activation for a second, what
else do you think happens when you install Windows on a computer?
Windows has to be configured for the hardware on which it is installed,
obviously you haven't thought about that for more than half a second!

John

John, you can take the pencils out of your nose now, you jack-hammered
cretin. You've won the contest to see who is the prize idiot here. You
still haven't even figured out in all of this, as hard as I see you've
tried to, that me and your idiot friends werent debating the fact that
the hardware in a new computer is going to be different than the one
the drive was yanked from, you bliterhing moron. That was already a
given, you dumb jackass.

 

[David Webb]

Here's a procedure that's worth its weight in gold:

Move an IDE Drive w/Windows 2000 or XP to A New System
http://www.mostlycreativeworkshop.com/Article11.html

Good luck!

|
| In the past, I've tried migrating a hard drive which had the VLK (corp)
| edition of XP Pro on it, to another PC. This never worked (bringing up
| a blue screen), because of Gates' anti-piracy schemes, that try to
| prevent you from changing "too much hardware" linked to the OS on the
| drive. (WPA or whatever its called here). If it detects major hardware,
| like the motherboard, has changed, it wont boot. This necessitates a
| LOT of rigamarole to simply install my drive into another PC, ie. doing
| an upgrade install, and possibly screwing up the operation of my
| system. What I'm actually trying to do is set up a stable system for a
| friend, so that she can take the drive and install it into another
| system (a PC that will not be accessible to me), without problems or
| headaches from the copy-protection schemes built into the new Windows
| operating systems.
|
| Now, if every possible edition of WinXP (Home/Pro/Corp/VLK/etc) wont
| allow this (without a reinstall of the OS), my question is, what about
| Win2K Pro? Is it feasible to transfer an HD that conatins Win2K Pro to
| another PC, without fear of the protection system kicking in and not
| working without a reinstall?
|

 

[netjustin]

Amen, Bruce.

So you're as architecturally-challenged as you are computer-challenged.
Why am I not surprised?





The tailoring occurs *ONLY* during installation.




If all you're willing to do is broadcast your paranoid delusions,
rather than accept sound technical advice, you'll never get anywhere.





How can it possibly have anything to do with licensing, if the OS isn't
loaded to check said licensing? Have you ever heard of the concept of
simple common sense?




Yes, WPA was instituted as an anti-piracy measure, but it won't work
until WinXP loads. WinXP won't load until you do the repair
installation. Which part of this is still over your head?




No, what I clearly said that is if you had a bit of technical
familiarity with either OS, you'd know that both require repair
installations, and that the reasons for this are purely technical.





Win2K has no Product Activation.





I have, obviously. Repeatedly, and probably to no avail.


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