Cloning a hard drive with Win XP On It

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I need to change hard drives. What are the issues with XP SP2 and
product activation?
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Chuck
 
WPA keeps track of hardware changes andthere is a limit before you
have to call for re-activation. If you haven't changed a lot of basic
hardware already, that simply swapping or adding a hard drive should
not be a problem at all.

Here's some basic info on the subject:

http://aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm
 
KA6UUP said:
I need to change hard drives. What are the issues with XP SP2 and
product activation?


None at all. You may change hardware of any kind as much as you want, and
reinstall, as often as you want. If yours is a retail copy of Windows, you
may even change the entire computer, remove Windows from the old computer
and reinstall it on the new one. The only restriction is that you may not
have it installed on more than one computer or drive at the same time.

If yours is an OEM copy, an additional restriction applies: its license ties
it permanently to the first computer its installed on. It may never be moved
to another computer or sold or given away by itself. You can change
components (the hard drive, for example), but not the entire computer.
 

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