Transferring XP to replacement PC

[Guest]

Thinkpad T41 developed problems last spring, I think because of an
overheating battery. It would run for a few minutes when using electricity
but eventually when it warmed up it would freeze. I replaced with a Lenovo
3000 N100 with Vista preinstalled. Now I would like to know whether I have
any options to continue to use the XP system that was on my T41. I called and
ordered a set of restore discs but apparently I can only install them on the
old T41 (which doesn't work). If I send them back and ask for XP discs that
will work on the Lenovo, can I get those instead?

The reason for using XP is that some of my peripherals won't work with
Vista, such as my scanner. I thought installing XP would be less expensive
than buying a new scanner so wanted to give that a try.

Lastly, I'm not much of a techie so please assume I don't know much about
this and you'll be right. Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Thinkpad T41 developed problems last spring, I think because of an
overheating battery. It would run for a few minutes when using
electricity but eventually when it warmed up it would freeze. I
replaced with a Lenovo 3000 N100 with Vista preinstalled. Now I
would like to know whether I have any options to continue to use
the XP system that was on my T41. I called and ordered a set of
restore discs but apparently I can only install them on the old T41
(which doesn't work). If I send them back and ask for XP discs that
will work on the Lenovo, can I get those instead?

The reason for using XP is that some of my peripherals won't work
with Vista, such as my scanner. I thought installing XP would be
less expensive than buying a new scanner so wanted to give that a
try.

Lastly, I'm not much of a techie so please assume I don't know much
about this and you'll be right. Thank you in advance for any help
you can provide.

From an End User licensing Agreement standpoint - no matter what happened to
your T41 (melted, stolen, sold, still functioning) - the license of Windows
XP that came with it stays with it and cannot be transferred to anything
else.

 

[DL]

No

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the quick reply. If the software has to be used only on the old
machine, I suppose I would need to replace the hard disk (assuming that
really is the problem). Could I use the external hard drive I already have
and install the OS there?

 

[Guest]

Never mind that last question...I read your post a little more closely and
see that XP can't be transferred to "anything else" so I'm guessing that
means it can't go on an external hard drive. It looks like a replacement
drive for the T41 is fairly spendy so maybe that's not the best choice
either. Guess I'll just see if I can return the recovery discs since they
don't seem to be usable on anything I have. Appreciate the help with this
question.

 

[David B.]

XP will not run on an external drive.