Multiple installations of XP Pro on seperate partitions

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Dear Support

I have partitioned my 200GB hard drive into four 50GB partitions and want to dedicate each partition to seperate functions as, one partition for audio work and one for graphics work. Can I install XP Pro on each partition? I want to keep audio programs, graphics programs, and game programs off of the main partition to save space in the main boot partition. Your input on this matter will be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time and assistance

Regards

George
 
On the back of the Windows XP box, please read the statement
"For installation and use on one computer"
(see License Agreement for license terms).

To access the License Agreement on your XP computer, go to:

Start > Run and type: WINVER , and hit enter.

Then click on "End-User License Agreement".

You can also open XP's "Help and Support" and type: EULA
and hit enter. Click on "Questions and answers about the EULA".

The End-User License Agreement states quite clearly:

"You may install, use, access, display and run one (1) copy
of the Software on a single (1) computer...."

Each installation of Windows XP, installed on a different partition
and on the same computer, will require the purchase of a new license
(Product Key). Otherwise, you'll not be able to activate XP on
the subsequent installations.

Additional Licenses for Windows XP Professional
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/addlic.asp

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| Dear Support,
|
| I have partitioned my 200GB hard drive into four 50GB partitions and want to dedicate each partition to
seperate functions as, one partition for audio work and one for graphics work. Can I install XP Pro on each
partition? I want to keep audio programs, graphics programs, and game programs off of the main partition to
save space in the main boot partition. Your input on this matter will be greatly appreciated. Thank you for
your time and assistance!
|
| Regards,
|
| George
 
Carey said:
Each installation of Windows XP, installed on a different partition
and on the same computer, will require the purchase of a new license
(Product Key). Otherwise, you'll not be able to activate XP on
the subsequent installations.

Additional Licenses for Windows XP Professional
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/addlic.asp
Click to expand...
It is Microsoft's interpretation of the license agreement that
multi-partition, multi-instance Windows computers require multiple
license keys, but product activation can't tell the difference if each
instance is the same copy of Windows, because all of the hardware is
identical and each instance of Windows is identical. There is no
effective way to identify multi-partition setups because these are by
definition independent instances of operating systems.

As long as product activation is not assumed to fully enforce the
license (which of course seems quite strange to me), then users can go
out and buy multiple licenses with a whopping ten percent discount and
sleep well knowing they are in full compliance with their licenses.
Users who just go ahead and install Windows repeatedly on the same
computer without consulting their software lawyers must fall back on the
weak argument "well, it works fine that way" or "it seemed like
reasonable and fair use to me".
 
Kent,

WPA has nothing to do witht he actually licesing of the product.,
It is just a technology that helps prevent certain breaches of it.

The EULA is clear on this (it requires no interpretation)

1. GRANT OF LICENSE. Microsoft grants you the following rights
provided that you comply with all terms and conditions of
this EULA:

* Installation and use. You may install, use, access,
display and run one copy of the Product on a single
computer, such as a workstation, terminal or other device
("Workstation Computer").

The section of importance is "... You may install ... one copy of the
Product on a single computer ..."

So the second installation to the other partitions is a breach of the
licensing, irrespective of Windows Product Activation preventing it or not.

--
Regards,

Mike
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Mike Brannigan [MSFT] wrote:

WPA has nothing to do witht he actually licesing of the product.,
It is just a technology that helps prevent certain breaches of it.
Click to expand...

Yes, that was my point. Someone else might assume that product
activation was the technology to enforce Windows licensing and my point,
which is your point, is that it is not. And that is a strange circumstance.

But when is a copy not a copy? When it is a Ghost image? That's hard to
know from the EULA since it is not specifically covered. Exactly what am
I allowed to do to recover a damaged Windows installation? Can I use any
CD other than the one that came with my computer? I know what works
*technically*, but I can never tell what I am licensed to do.

Everyone still needs their software-lawyers close at elbow at all times
to avoid violating the rights of software and media corporations. No one
should spend any significant amount of time using or maintaining
computers or music/movie files without consulting a lawyer.
 
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