NEW AND OLD PC -OLD W/XP PRO NEW XP HOME

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JOHN A

I JUST PURCHASED A NEW HP PC THAT IS CONFIGURED W/XP
HOME. MY OLD PC HAS XP PRO. I WANT TO INSTALL MY XP PRO
ONTO THE NEW PC. CAN I INSTALL THE XP PRO ONTO THE NEW
PC AND GO THROUGH THE ACTIVATION PROCESS OR WILL I NEW TO
CALL?
 
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Carey Frisch [MVP]

You'll have to reformat the drive of the "old PC" before
installing XP Pro on the new PC. Otherwise, you'll need to
purchase a new license.

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

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

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| I JUST PURCHASED A NEW HP PC THAT IS CONFIGURED W/XP
| HOME. MY OLD PC HAS XP PRO. I WANT TO INSTALL MY XP PRO
| ONTO THE NEW PC. CAN I INSTALL THE XP PRO ONTO THE NEW
| PC AND GO THROUGH THE ACTIVATION PROCESS OR WILL I NEW TO
| CALL?
 
C

Carey Frisch [MVP]

Changing a Motherboard or Moving a Hard Drive with XP Installed
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]

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

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| CAN I MOVE THE XP PRO HARD DRIVE TO THE NEW COMPUTER?
| >-----Original Message-----
| >You'll have to reformat the drive of the "old PC" before
| >installing XP Pro on the new PC. Otherwise, you'll need
| to
| >purchase a new license.
| >
| >Additional Licenses for Windows XP Professional
| >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/addlic.as
| p
| >
| >--
| >Carey Frisch
| >Microsoft MVP
| >Windows XP - Shell/User
| >
| >---------------------------------------------------------
| ---------------------------------------
| >
| message:
| > | >
| >| I JUST PURCHASED A NEW HP PC THAT IS CONFIGURED W/XP
| >| HOME. MY OLD PC HAS XP PRO. I WANT TO INSTALL MY XP
| PRO
| >| ONTO THE NEW PC. CAN I INSTALL THE XP PRO ONTO THE
| NEW
| >| PC AND GO THROUGH THE ACTIVATION PROCESS OR WILL I NEW
| TO
| >| CALL?
| >.
| >
 
J

JOHN A

CAN I MOVE THE HARD DRIVE FROM THE OLD PC TO THE NEW PC.

ALSO, IF I FORMAT THE OLD PC (XP PRO)DO I NEED TO BOOT
FROM THE XP PRO CD AND THEN FORMAT? I DO NOT UNDERSTAND
HOW FORMATTING THE DRIVE ON THE OLD PC WILL ALLOW ME TO
INSTALL XP PRO ONTO THE NEW PC -THANKS FOR THE HELP.

JOHN A
 
C

Carey Frisch [MVP]

You need a new license for Windows XP for each installation on a
different PC. Reformatting removes XP from the old PC so you can
use the license (Product Key) on a different PC and activate it.

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

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| CAN I MOVE THE HARD DRIVE FROM THE OLD PC TO THE NEW PC.
|
| ALSO, IF I FORMAT THE OLD PC (XP PRO)DO I NEED TO BOOT
| FROM THE XP PRO CD AND THEN FORMAT? I DO NOT UNDERSTAND
| HOW FORMATTING THE DRIVE ON THE OLD PC WILL ALLOW ME TO
| INSTALL XP PRO ONTO THE NEW PC -THANKS FOR THE HELP.
|
| JOHN A
 

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