Swapping hard drive w/ OEM XP Pro

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I have an older Compaq 12xl300 that I am going to upgrade hard drive in. I'm
going from a 6 to a 20g hard drive. I am going to reinstall the XP software
on it after the swap, will I be able to reactivate the windows beings it's
been activated one time before, maybe a year ago? I have another laptop I
have to do this on too so I would love to find an answer soon, Thanks a bunch
people!
 
Glockman said:
I have an older Compaq 12xl300 that I am going to upgrade hard drive in. I'm
going from a 6 to a 20g hard drive. I am going to reinstall the XP software
on it after the swap, will I be able to reactivate the windows beings it's
been activated one time before, maybe a year ago? I have another laptop I
have to do this on too so I would love to find an answer soon, Thanks a bunch
people!
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Yes reinstalling OEM Windows on essentially the same hardware should
not be an issue.

Note: Your Windows XP installation files (most like a disk image of
the finished install) may be on a hidden partition on the old hard
drive so make sure you have these in place and available for the
reinstall.

Good luck

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has never been in bed with a mosquito."
 
Actually, I've never had to do anything to XP Pro/Home when the SOLE
upgrade is the hard drive. One can GHOST from one drive to another
and that's it. However, a motherboard switch WILL deactivate Windows,
requiring another activation pass before one can use that isntallation
again....Jet
 
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