re-installing xp home

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my bought a HP 752n several years ago with xp home on it before we met. About
2 years ago the motherboard went bad (capacitors went out). I used
pricewatch.com to find a new motherboard at a great price. I installed the
new motherboard and tried to reinstall her xp home. It wouldn't install.
It kept telling me it couldn't install cuz it didn't recognize the mother
board as the one that came with the computer new.
I got a different one than the one that came with it...a little bit better
one.
I called HP corporate and they said there is nothing they can do cuz I
did'nt buy a replacement board from them.
Now I'm stuck with a xp home cd key (the one thats on the label on the side
of her pc) I cant use cuz the win xp cd is an HP cd and it says my computer
isn't an HP now.

So I put win 98 on it from a previous pc she had before that.

Any way to extract just the win xp from the hp restore cd so her good xp key
will work?

Thanks
 
my bought a HP 752n several years ago with xp home on it before we met. About
2 years ago the motherboard went bad (capacitors went out). I used
pricewatch.com to find a new motherboard at a great price. I installed the
new motherboard and tried to reinstall her xp home. It wouldn't install.
It kept telling me it couldn't install cuz it didn't recognize the mother
board as the one that came with the computer new.
I got a different one than the one that came with it...a little bit better
one.
I called HP corporate and they said there is nothing they can do cuz I
did'nt buy a replacement board from them.
Now I'm stuck with a xp home cd key (the one thats on the label on the side
of her pc) I cant use cuz the win xp cd is an HP cd and it says my computer
isn't an HP now.

So I put win 98 on it from a previous pc she had before that.

Any way to extract just the win xp from the hp restore cd so her good xp key
will work?
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No. Many OEM versions of Windows (yours included) are BIOS-locked to
the particular motherboard.

This is one of the several disadvantages of OEM versions of Windows.
 
bob42701 said:
my bought a HP 752n several years ago with xp home on it before we met.
About
2 years ago the motherboard went bad (capacitors went out). I used
pricewatch.com to find a new motherboard at a great price.
Click to expand...

Unfortunately, the great price turns out to be more expensive than you
thought...
.I installed the
new motherboard and tried to reinstall her xp home. It wouldn't install.
It kept telling me it couldn't install cuz it didn't recognize the mother
board as the one that came with the computer new.
I got a different one than the one that came with it...a little bit better
one.
Click to expand...

But not a board that the OEM setup recognises.
I called HP corporate and they said there is nothing they can do cuz I
did'nt buy a replacement board from them.
Now I'm stuck with a xp home cd key (the one thats on the label on the
side
of her pc) I cant use cuz the win xp cd is an HP cd and it says my
computer
isn't an HP now.

So I put win 98 on it from a previous pc she had before that.

Any way to extract just the win xp from the hp restore cd so her good xp
key
will work?

Thanks
Click to expand...

No, and it isn't the key, and it isn't good on any other system. The
version of XP Setup on the HP install CD looks for a signature in the BIOS
chip, located on the motherboard. And the license isn't transferrable.

OEM versions like this are licensed only to the system they are sold with.
The license dies with it.

Unfortunately, you didn't understand this when you chose to not buy a
replacement motherboard from HP, and so you now have to either get a board
from HP or another XP install CD that isn't OEM and locked to the system.
It's a lesson learned, I suppose.

Since you now have w98 installed, I would suggest an XP Home Upgrade CD,
which will be around $100 - $120 or so and will not lock you to any brand.

HTH
-pk
 
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