Reinstall Windows XP Home Upgrade on a new hard drive

G

Guest

I would like to upgrade my laptop's hard drive and am concerned that my
previously installed Windows XP Home Upgrade Key will not work with the new
hard drive. Will I have this problem? If so, what can I do to reinstall
Windows XP? If this is going to be an aggravation, I will not do this.
The factory installed Windows was Windows 98SE. I know that I will probably
need to install Windows 98 before installing the upgrade.
Your advice is appreciated.
 
R

Rich Barry

Nick, if you have the Win98SE CD then you won't have to reinstall Win98.
WinXP will just ask for the Win98 CD to verify. You can do a new install
with a Upgrade CD. Just upgrading your hard drive will not effect
Activation. So if the conditions that I mentioned are met go ahead with your
plan. Check here for more info
http://www.duxcw.com/faq/win/xp/clean.htm
 

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