jdoggisright said:
i have an old hard drive and i think it has windows 95 on it and i
want to install it on my pc do you think it will do anything to my pc
Do you want to install it as a second drive to hold data? No, there's no
danger in doing that. After you install it, you can either format it or
delete all the files on it.
.and also want to know if i could restore my old hard drive with my
new pc disc and have windows xp on my old one as well
Sorry, this isn't at all clear. Are you asking whether you can install your
copy of Windows XP on a second computer?
If so, the answer is no. The rule is quite clear. It's one copy (or one
license) for each computer.
There's nothing new here. This is exactly the same rule that's been in
effect on every version of Windows starting with Windows 3.1. The only thing
new with XP is that there's now an enforcement mechanism.
If yours is a retail version, not an OEM one, you can buy extra licenses
(see
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/addlic.asp). But it's
not generally a good deal. The problem is that Microsoft sells additional
licenses at only a small savings over the list price. You're almost
certainly better off just buying a complete second copy from a discount
source.
