How can you do a XP to reinstall on new PC

[Steve S]

I had purchased a few old systems with their COA and original XP CD's, can I
legally use these on a new board? If so, how do I get them to register?

I get not genuine when I try to do the updates, Like I say, these systems
are dismantled and I am trying to install those CD's on a new system, These
are the retail versions of XP pro for use on a new PC.

Any help is appreciated

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

If you had true retail MS cd's then you can install them on whatever
computers you wanted.

However, you state that they are marked "for use on a new PC." A cd marked
that way is NOT a retail copy. It is an OEM cd. If they have been used to
install the OS on the same PC they came with then you may reinstall on that
computer. But you may not use one to install Windows on a different PC.
OEM licenses are only good on the computer on which they are first used and
may not be transferred to a different computer. Once installed on a
computer, an OEM license may only be used on that computer.

There are several kinds of OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) cd's and it
is possible that once you swap components the cd's cannot be used at all.
You have not given enough information to comment further on that.

If you are replacing the OS already installed then you would do a repair
install, not an upgrade.

 

[LVTravel]

The version labeled for use on a "New PC" are OEM versions of XP and died
with the computer they were originally installed on (the dismantled one/s.)

If they have a computer brand name on them in any way, they are OEM also.
For the product to be a genuine retail full install or an upgrade install
(for use with a pre-existing operating system) it will have no reference to
a particular manufacturer or sold with a new PC. (Unfortunately I don't
have access to my retail upgrade and retail new install CD so the exact
wording on them I don't have at the present time.)

 

[Steve S]

Well looks like Linux just got another supporter!
It would seem that if I buy a PC with software, and I pay extra to have that
software on it, I should be able to do what ever I would choose to do with
it aside from running it on multiple machines.
Like I said, the original systems are dead 100% dismantled. I am building
new PC's and using some of the old parts including cases, but the old boards
are dead.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

You buy a Windows license, not the software. When you buy a computer with
Windows preinstalled (OEM) you pay a whole lot less for the Windows license
than you do for a retail license. Part of the savings are due to the fact
that the license is only good on that computer.

 

[PD43]

Well looks like Linux just got another supporter!

BFD