installing windows xp on a different computer

[Guest]

my wife's laptop was stolen recently - but i still have the recovery discs
containing windows xp - can i install windows using that disc on an old
computer that currently uses windows ME? or, once it's been installed on one
computer, will i be prevented from activating it?

 

[Guest]

Recovery disks are oem for a specific machine,no it will not work,a retail
cd with xp would...

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

No. The OEM Recovery disks only work with
the original computer they came with. They are
of no further use to you.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
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| my wife's laptop was stolen recently - but i still have the recovery discs
| containing windows xp - can i install windows using that disc on an old
| computer that currently uses windows ME? or, once it's been installed on one
| computer, will i be prevented from activating it?