Moving old XP to New Laptop

[Stairsy]

Hi,
I recently bought a new laptop after the motherboard of my old laptop bit
the dust. I was hoping to partition part of the hard-drive of the new
computer and move my old version of Windows XP over, but I lost the
installation CDs a long time ago and I don't want to have to buy a new
license. Is there a way to do so?
Thanks

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I recently bought a new laptop after the motherboard of my old
laptop bit the dust. I was hoping to partition part of the
hard-drive of the new computer and move my old version of Windows
XP over, but I lost the installation CDs a long time ago and I
don't want to have to buy a new license. Is there a way to do so?

If Windows XP came pre-installed on the old laptop, it is likely an OEM
version and thus tied to the dead laptop permanently in accordance with the
license agreement. In other words - whatever happens to the laptop also
happens to the license/copy of Windows XP. Laptop died - so did your
license/copy of Windows XP.

You are more than welcome to copy the hard drive/put it in an external box
to access it - but your right to run the OS associated with the dead laptop
died with the dead laptop. One of the disadvantages of an OEM license.

 

[Mick Murphy]

The OS would not run anyway.
Too many hardware changes in the new Motherboard.
And you don't have the original CD to do a repair install, even if it did
work..