Reinstall XP Home.

[Lee Moeller]

I sent this post over an hour ago and it has not shown up on the boar.
So we try again.

I am currently on my 3 rd hard drive and my second motherboard since
purchasing my Windows XP Home OEM version. and today , you guessed it,
my hard drive went belly up again and will have to be replaced. The
last time I had a problem my power supply fried and took my motherboard,
floppy, and CD ROM with it. After replacing these items and starting the
new system, I was confronted with reactivating the installation on the
hard drive from the previous system. I had to do this over the phone.
I had so many problems with XP in the beginning that I have lost count
of how many times I reinstalled it. Now I am faced with starting over
again and from what some people have told me I will probably have a real
problem getting it activated again. I would like to call someone at
Microsoft to see where I stand before I go through all the steps and
find out it won't work. That would be a big waste of time which I have
very little of these days. I understand that if this were a full
version of XP that I would not have any problems reactivating no matter
how many times it was done. Any thoughts on this dilemma would be
greatly appreciated. Thanks, Lee

 

[Bert Bait]

I would be having some "strong" words with your computer supplier over what
seems to be a problem with your system hardware or with your local
electricity supplier, or look at your own actions to ascertain what is
causing the electrical problems.
It seems that your computer supplier provided the Windows O/S (as an OEM)
and therefore they have should assume the responsibility to "assist" you
with your activation problems if those problems should arise.