Moving old XP to New Laptop

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Stairsy

Hi,
I recently bought a new laptop after the motherboard of my old laptop bit
the dust. I was hoping to partition part of the hard-drive of the new
computer and move my old version of Windows XP over, but I lost the
installation CDs a long time ago and I don't want to have to buy a new
license. Is there a way to do so?
Thanks
 
Stairsy said:
I recently bought a new laptop after the motherboard of my old
laptop bit the dust. I was hoping to partition part of the
hard-drive of the new computer and move my old version of Windows
XP over, but I lost the installation CDs a long time ago and I
don't want to have to buy a new license. Is there a way to do so?
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If Windows XP came pre-installed on the old laptop, it is likely an OEM
version and thus tied to the dead laptop permanently in accordance with the
license agreement. In other words - whatever happens to the laptop also
happens to the license/copy of Windows XP. Laptop died - so did your
license/copy of Windows XP.

You are more than welcome to copy the hard drive/put it in an external box
to access it - but your right to run the OS associated with the dead laptop
died with the dead laptop. One of the disadvantages of an OEM license.
 
The OS would not run anyway.
Too many hardware changes in the new Motherboard.
And you don't have the original CD to do a repair install, even if it did
work..
 
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