I couldn't Repair an XP OEM w/ a XP Retail Version

[Guest]

I tried to upgrade a pre-installed Emachine OEM XP Home PC w/ a XP Home Retail Version, it didn't work, I had to format the HD (wipe it clean) then boot off the retail xp version and do a clean install , that worked, maybe cuz I was trying to upgrade a XP OEM w/ a XP Retail, is why it didn't work? anyone? wanna jump in on this

 

[Guest]

I think you could only upgrade the OEM version with a upgrade Win XP Home or Pro. I don't think you can write over the OEM verison with the retail version because they're both the same. The only difference between OEM and Retail is sometimes OEM products don't come with manuals/instructions or extra programs that come on Retail products. That's why they cost less.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Which Product Key were you trying to use during the attempted
repair action?

Product Keys are bound to the specific type and language of
CD/license (OEM, Volume, retail, full, or Upgrade) with which they are
purchased. For example, a WinXP Home OEM Product Key won't work for
any retail version of WinXP Home, or for any version of WinXP Pro, and
vice versa. An upgrade's Product Key cannot be used with a full
version CD, and vice versa. An OEM Product Key will not work to
install a retail product. An Italian Product Key will not work with
an English CD. Product Keys and CDs cannot be mixed & matched.


Bruce Chambers

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I tried to upgrade a pre-installed Emachine OEM XP Home PC w/ a XP

Home Retail Version, it didn't work, I had to format the HD (wipe it
clean) then boot off the retail xp version and do a clean install ,
that worked, maybe cuz I was trying to upgrade a XP OEM w/ a XP
Retail, is why it didn't work? anyone? wanna jump in on this?

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----
I tried to upgrade a pre-installed Emachine OEM XP Home

PC w/ a XP Home Retail Version, it didn't work, I had to
format the HD (wipe it clean) then boot off the retail xp
version and do a clean install , that worked, maybe cuz I
was trying to upgrade a XP OEM w/ a XP Retail, is why it
didn't work? anyone? wanna jump in on this?

 

[Guest]

I used the Xp Home Retail Version to do the repair of the emachine xp oem, and it took the retail key, but it locked up
and wouldn't continue w/ the repair, the oem xp had some driver problems that the retail couldn't reslove, so I had to do a Full install w/ the Retail version to reslove the problem , doing a clean install worked like a charm!!! ----- Bruce Chambers wrote: -----

Greetings --

Which Product Key were you trying to use during the attempted
repair action?

Product Keys are bound to the specific type and language of
CD/license (OEM, Volume, retail, full, or Upgrade) with which they are
purchased. For example, a WinXP Home OEM Product Key won't work for
any retail version of WinXP Home, or for any version of WinXP Pro, and
vice versa. An upgrade's Product Key cannot be used with a full
version CD, and vice versa. An OEM Product Key will not work to
install a retail product. An Italian Product Key will not work with
an English CD. Product Keys and CDs cannot be mixed & matched.


Bruce Chambers

--
Help us help you:



You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH

I tried to upgrade a pre-installed Emachine OEM XP Home PC w/ a XP

Home Retail Version, it didn't work, I had to format the HD (wipe it
clean) then boot off the retail xp version and do a clean install ,
that worked, maybe cuz I was trying to upgrade a XP OEM w/ a XP
Retail, is why it didn't work? anyone? wanna jump in on this?

 

[Alex Nichol]

I tried to upgrade a pre-installed Emachine OEM XP Home PC w/ a XP Home Retail Version, it didn't work, I had to format the HD (wipe it clean) then boot off the retail xp version and do a clean install , that worked, maybe cuz I was trying to upgrade a XP OEM w/ a XP Retail, is why it didn't work? anyone? wanna jump in on this?

A retail copy will not be an upgrade of an OEM one. The installed
system is exactly the same (unless one has SP1 and the other does not)