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i will be making some hardware changes to my pc. changes include removing my hard drive connected by an ide cable and replacing it with 2 drives using serial ata connectors. am i going to be able to install xp on the new drives with the product key i have? if not what are my options?
 
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Two drives - two copies of XP. Have look at the EULA - from Start>Run type

winver

and then click on 'End User Agreement License'.

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


| i will be making some hardware changes to my pc. changes include removing
my hard drive connected by an ide cable and replacing it with 2 drives using
serial ata connectors. am i going to be able to install xp on the new drives
with the product key i have? if not what are my options?
 
two drives but one copy, using serial ata connections, 2 drives work as 1. also the drive i have now will be re-formatted and used as a storage drive. the end user agreement license mentions 2 processors but not a hardware change and full reinstall. but then again i was never very good at reading something resembling a law students attempt at really impressing his professor :

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Two drives - two copies of XP. Have look at the EULA - from Start>Run typ

winve

and then click on 'End User Agreement License'

--

Will Denn
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/Use


| i will be making some hardware changes to my pc. changes include removin
my hard drive connected by an ide cable and replacing it with 2 drives usin
serial ata connectors. am i going to be able to install xp on the new drive
with the product key i have? if not what are my options
 
If XP is OEM, as long as you do not change the motherboard, you can
re-install your current version. If you change the motherboard, then as per
the EULA, you need to buy another XP kit. OEM version are tied to the first
computer/motherboard it was installed on. And even this is debatable.

As for retail XP software kits, you can move/install it on any PC, one
computer at a time and only one normally.


akaslopoke said:
two drives but one copy, using serial ata connections, 2 drives work as 1.
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also the drive i have now will be re-formatted and used as a storage drive.
the end user agreement license mentions 2 processors but not a hardware
change and full reinstall. but then again i was never very good at reading
something resembling a law students attempt at really impressing his
professor :}
 
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