2nd installation of XP

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Joost

My PC crashed - so I have to buy a new PC. I had XP on
it, installed from my own XP installation disk.
Can I use this disk again on my new (different) PC to
install XP again.

thanks
J.
 
Joost said:
My PC crashed - so I have to buy a new PC. I had XP on
it, installed from my own XP installation disk.
Can I use this disk again on my new (different) PC to
install XP again.

thanks
J.
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As long as it's a retail copy and not an OEM copy, yes.
 
Hi, Joost.

Yes, as Rifleman says, so long as you are using a Retail copy of WinXP, not
one that came pre-installed on that computer. You can have WinXP installed
on just one computer at a time, but only the OEM versions are locked to the
original computer.

For details of the activation rules, see this page:

Microsoft Product Activation
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/basics/activation/

RC
 
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