Windows XP repair after changing motherboard

[JKP]

howdy all,

Here's my situation: Replaced a motherboard in a client's system.
Existing XP Home installation would not boot even in Safe Mode due to
hardware differences.

I did a parallel installation of XP Pro from my own disk and got them
running so they could access their data, but this copy is not activated
and I need to get their original legal copy of XP Home working again.
The only "Windows" CD they have is an OEM restore disk that replaces
the entire partition.

Here's the million dollar question, and you guys are my Phone A Friend
lifeline...

How can I remove or change the driver info in the XP Home install,
while booted up into the XP Pro install, so that I can then boot into
XP Home?

Alternate solutions like backing up and re-installing need not apply...


Thanks in advance for any help,

Jim P.
Computing Solutions

 

[Mike Hall]

If the OEM restore CD is BIOS locked, there is no way that the install can
go ahead.. the best course of action is to get a generic OEM CD package or
the full retail version..