How to apply legal license to transferred clone?

[Timothy Daniels]

"sai.an" has successfully cloned his installed WinXP OS onto another
HD, and it tests out OK on the original system. Now he wants to
transfer the HD that contains the clone into a similar system, for which
he has purchased another license. What is the procedure, and will
there be any problems? I would expect that he will have to at least
re-activate the clone OS because it will see the change in CPU and
DRAM. Can he apply his 2nd license's confirmation ID at this point?
Should he even bother to do that? Here is what he said:

- machine B has a slightly different environment (same mobo as A,
but different version of Athlon XP, different DRAM)
- for machine B I have already acquired a supplementary XP Pro
license, and in the course of my previous "experiments" I managed
to go far enough for activating this product (which means that my
machine B configuration had generated an equipment ID which has
enabled me to obtain from Microsoft a Confirmation ID) ; I have
kept on a USB key a copy of the last wpa.bak and wpa.dbl files
that could be obtained from machine B.

*TimDaniels*

 

[Shenan Stanley]

"sai.an" has successfully cloned his installed WinXP OS onto another
HD, and it tests out OK on the original system. Now he wants to
transfer the HD that contains the clone into a similar system, for
which he has purchased another license. What is the procedure, and
will there be any problems? I would expect that he will have to at
least re-activate the clone OS because it will see the change in
CPU and DRAM. Can he apply his 2nd license's confirmation ID at
this point? Should he even bother to do that? Here is what he said:


*TimDaniels*

Assuming RETAIL/VOLUME licenses...

Put the drive in the other machine...
Perform a repair installation for the different hardware...
(and change the key if needed.)
Activate.
Utilize.

 

[Timothy Daniels]

Assuming RETAIL/VOLUME licenses...

Put the drive in the other machine...
Perform a repair installation for the different hardware...
(and change the key if needed.)
Activate.
Utilize.

When you say "change the key", do you mean to input
the key from the newly purchased installation CD?

According to this website:
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm,
the Repair Install uses the WinXP Installation CD. Does
it matter whether one uses the CD for the original OS
(the one cloned) or the CD for the newly purchased OS?

Since the Original Poster has the wpa files from an earlier
installation from his new OS (that has been wiped), will
those wpa.dbl and wpa.bak files activate the clone OS
if the new OS's CD was used for the Repair Install?
Or do they require that the OS came from the new CD?

*TimDaniels*

 

[Shenan Stanley]

When you say "change the key", do you mean to input
the key from the newly purchased installation CD?

According to this website:
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm,
the Repair Install uses the WinXP Installation CD. Does
it matter whether one uses the CD for the original OS
(the one cloned) or the CD for the newly purchased OS?

Since the Original Poster has the wpa files from an earlier
installation from his new OS (that has been wiped), will
those wpa.dbl and wpa.bak files activate the clone OS
if the new OS's CD was used for the Repair Install?
Or do they require that the OS came from the new CD?

You can use a repair installation to change the product key you used.

You can also use this tool:
The Genuine Advantage Product Key Update Tool is only valid for
users attempting to change their current non-genuine Product Key
to a genuine COA sticker or genuine Product Key - all without a reinstall!
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=50346&clcid=0x409

The repair install *is* a necessity in this case because they are changing
hardware. They *might* get lucky and the chipset/etc is the same - but it's
just not worth it - repair install makes sure everything is correct.

 

[Timothy Daniels]

You can use a repair installation to change the product key you used.

You can also use this tool:
The Genuine Advantage Product Key Update Tool is only valid for
users attempting to change their current non-genuine Product Key
to a genuine COA sticker or genuine Product Key - all without a reinstall!
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=50346&clcid=0x409

The repair install *is* a necessity in this case because they are changing
hardware. They *might* get lucky and the chipset/etc is the same - but it's
just not worth it - repair install makes sure everything is correct.

Interesting. And does the CD used for the Repair Install have to be
the one used to install the original OS, or the newly purchased OS,
or does it not matter?

*TimDaniels*

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Interesting. And does the CD used for the Repair Install
have to be the one used to install the original OS, or the
newly purchased OS, or does it not matter?

The CD must be of the same *type* as the new product license.
OEM, Retail, etc...

Looks like they did get lucky and the hardware *was* practically the same -
so it was not necessary to repair install.
The link above may help the OP (from original thread) change the product key
if needed.

 

[Timothy Daniels]

The CD must be of the same *type* as the new product license.
OEM, Retail, etc...

Looks like they did get lucky and the hardware *was* practically
the same - so it was not necessary to repair install.
The link above may help the OP (from original thread) change the
product key if needed.

Thanks, Shenan.

*TimDaniels*