Windows on Toshiba M30

[Guest]

Hi,
I have a Toshiba M30 laptop that just died, and I'm probably not going to
fix it. The version of Windows XP home it comes with is combined in their
product recovery CD that can only be used on a toshiba computer. Since I
have technically paid for this version of Windows, is it possible to obtain a
new CD from microsoft so I can transfter this copy of windows to another
computer.

 

[Og]

Hi,
I have a Toshiba M30 laptop that just died, and I'm probably not going to
fix it. The version of Windows XP home it comes with is combined in their
product recovery CD that can only be used on a toshiba computer. Since I
have technically paid for this version of Windows, is it possible to
obtain a
new CD from microsoft so I can transfter this copy of windows to another
computer.

No. The license died with your laptop.
Steve

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi Chris,

Sorry but no, a limitation of the OEM license version of WindowsXP that you
got with the Toshiba is that it is not transferable to another machine. Nor
does Microsoft supply replacement media for OEM versions even if it were.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

No. The Toshiba OEM license died with the demise of the computer.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User

Enjoy all the benefits of genuine Microsoft software:
http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/default.mspx

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| Hi,
| I have a Toshiba M30 laptop that just died, and I'm probably not going to
| fix it. The version of Windows XP home it comes with is combined in their
| product recovery CD that can only be used on a toshiba computer. Since I
| have technically paid for this version of Windows, is it possible to obtain a
| new CD from microsoft so I can transfter this copy of windows to another
| computer.

 

[Rock]

Hi,
I have a Toshiba M30 laptop that just died, and I'm probably not going to
fix it. The version of Windows XP home it comes with is combined in their
product recovery CD that can only be used on a toshiba computer. Since I
have technically paid for this version of Windows, is it possible to obtain a
new CD from microsoft so I can transfter this copy of windows to another
computer.

Sorry but the terms of that OEM license specify it dies with the
computer. It can't be transferred.