new hard drive reinstalling XP

[Tom Harris]

What is MS's policy about the above action

 

[Chris Lanier]

If you just want to copy the data from your old hard drive to your new one
you will not run into any problems at all. if you plan to do a clean
install you will need to re-activate Windows XP.

Windows XP Product Activation
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/evaluation/overviews/activation.asp

 

[Harry Ohrn]

Good information on Windows Product Activation can be found here
http://www.aumha.org/a/wpa.htm

You should be able to swap hard drives with no problems regarding
activation.