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DennyC5
I have a Dell laptop that had Widows XP on it. It is out of warranty with
Dell and I won't pay for fee based help. Dell did not give me a copy of XP or
any type of recovery discs when I bought the laptop even though I paid for a
license for the copy of XP that came on it which I think is rediculous.
Anyway the hard drive failed and I replaced it. I built a desktop and
installed XP Home on it awhile back. Does anyone know if I can use that disk
to install XP on the laptop but use the product key for the copy that came on
the Dell? A friend told my that he thinks that the product key is the license
and any XP disk can be used for the installation. I emailed Dell 5 days ago
about this and haven't gotten a reply yet so as usual, Dell is going to be
useless and I refuse to buy another copy of XP since I already have a license
for the original copy. Any help will be GREATLY appreciated!
Dell and I won't pay for fee based help. Dell did not give me a copy of XP or
any type of recovery discs when I bought the laptop even though I paid for a
license for the copy of XP that came on it which I think is rediculous.
Anyway the hard drive failed and I replaced it. I built a desktop and
installed XP Home on it awhile back. Does anyone know if I can use that disk
to install XP on the laptop but use the product key for the copy that came on
the Dell? A friend told my that he thinks that the product key is the license
and any XP disk can be used for the installation. I emailed Dell 5 days ago
about this and haven't gotten a reply yet so as usual, Dell is going to be
useless and I refuse to buy another copy of XP since I already have a license
for the original copy. Any help will be GREATLY appreciated!