Re-use XP update CD?

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I purchased a CD and update a computer from 2000 to XP. I am getting rid of
this computer and wanted to know if it is possible to remove the operating
system completely on the first computer and then use the CD to update a
different computer?
 
Tony said:
I purchased a CD and update a computer from 2000 to XP. I am getting
rid of this computer and wanted to know if it is possible to remove
the operating system completely on the first computer and then use
the CD to update a different computer?
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Is you XP CD Full Retail, an Upgrade, or OEM?

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Tony said:
I purchased a CD and update a computer from 2000 to XP. I am getting
rid of this computer and wanted to know if it is possible to remove
the operating system completely on the first computer and then use
the CD to update a different computer?
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Assuming that yours is a retail version, not an OEM one, yes--no problem.
 
Tony said:
The CD is an upgrade.
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Then when installing on the new computer, you will need to have
qualifying media in order to do a clean install. Anything from a Window
95 CD or later.

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That's great! Would you know how I would go about doing it, or where I can
locate the information?
 
I'm sorry but I'm not sure what you mean about qualifying media. The CD was
store bought and is to upgrade from 98, 2000 to XP.
 
Tony said:
That's great! Would you know how I would go about doing it, or where
I can locate the information?
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Just do it--nothing special is required. I see from an another post that
your CD is an Upgrade version (therefore Retail). Assuming that you want to
do a clean installation, you'll need a the CD of an earlier version of
Windows to upgrade from (Windows 95, 98, 98SE, or 2000; 2000 is acceptable
only if yours is XP Professional).

Note that the requirement to use an upgrade version is to *own* a previous
qualifying version's installation CD (with an OEM restore CD, see below),
not to have it installed. When setup doesn't find a previous qualifying
version installed, it will prompt you to insert its CD as proof of
ownership. Just insert the previous version's CD, and follow the prompts.
Everything proceeds quite normally and quite legitimately.

You can also do a clean installation if you have an OEM restore CD of a
previous qualifying version. It's more complicated, but it *can* be done.
First restore from the Restore CD. Then run the XP upgrade CD from within
that restored system, and change from Upgrade to New Install. When it asks
where, press Esc to delete the partition and start over.

Just boot from the Windows XP CD (change the BIOS boot order if necessary to
accomplish this) and follow the prompts for a clean installation (delete the
existing partition by pressing "D" when prompted, then create a new one).

You can find detailed instructions here:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

or here http://windowsxp.mvps.org/XPClean.htm

or here http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm

After installation, you'll need to activate, but that's no problem. If it
was previously installed for at least 120 days, activation should proceed
over the internet just as it did before. If fewer than 120 days, you'll
begiven an 800 number and prompted to call it; just do so and erxplain that
you've dleted the original installation and moved XPO to a new computer.
It's almost as quick and easy and doing ot over the internet--nomrally under
five minutes.
 
That's great, Thanks for all your help!!

Ken Blake said:
Just do it--nothing special is required. I see from an another post that
your CD is an Upgrade version (therefore Retail). Assuming that you want to
do a clean installation, you'll need a the CD of an earlier version of
Windows to upgrade from (Windows 95, 98, 98SE, or 2000; 2000 is acceptable
only if yours is XP Professional).

Note that the requirement to use an upgrade version is to *own* a previous
qualifying version's installation CD (with an OEM restore CD, see below),
not to have it installed. When setup doesn't find a previous qualifying
version installed, it will prompt you to insert its CD as proof of
ownership. Just insert the previous version's CD, and follow the prompts.
Everything proceeds quite normally and quite legitimately.

You can also do a clean installation if you have an OEM restore CD of a
previous qualifying version. It's more complicated, but it *can* be done.
First restore from the Restore CD. Then run the XP upgrade CD from within
that restored system, and change from Upgrade to New Install. When it asks
where, press Esc to delete the partition and start over.

Just boot from the Windows XP CD (change the BIOS boot order if necessary to
accomplish this) and follow the prompts for a clean installation (delete the
existing partition by pressing "D" when prompted, then create a new one).

You can find detailed instructions here:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

or here http://windowsxp.mvps.org/XPClean.htm

or here http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm

After installation, you'll need to activate, but that's no problem. If it
was previously installed for at least 120 days, activation should proceed
over the internet just as it did before. If fewer than 120 days, you'll
begiven an 800 number and prompted to call it; just do so and erxplain that
you've dleted the original installation and moved XPO to a new computer.
It's almost as quick and easy and doing ot over the internet--nomrally under
five minutes.
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Tony said:
I'm sorry but I'm not sure what you mean about qualifying media. The
CD was store bought and is to upgrade from 98, 2000 to XP.
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And during the install process you need to prove that you have 9x/2K for
the install to work, and as proof, you either need a pre-existing
install of 9x/2K on the harddrive of the new computer OR you need a
9x/2K CD as proof.

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