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You know when you reinstall an O/S you usually format the C drive and just start again.......
How do you do it with WIndows XP?
(Yes, I realise the "format the drive and set PC to boot from CD etc etc" part).
The reason I ask is that XP has this activation code...... surely if I format my hard disk and reinstall a fresh copy of XP, its going to complain that the activation code is already in use?????
Do you have to go to Microsofts website and disable your code or something first?
Many thanks for any help - if someone has actually done this before, I'd appreciate your advice.
Just a pain in the bum to be honest!
Thanks for all replies though, everyone
If it doesn't work then you are almost morally obliged to use a pirated copy of XP.
> Try it and see
Genius ;-)
Blooming Microsoft eh
I built a new PC and want to use XP on that computer, rather than the old one. I tried just pulling the hard disk out and swapping it, just to see if XP could sort out the new hardware by itself.
Unfortunately, I forgot about XP's WPA thing which makes sure that you cannot pirate it very easily. It generates a unique(ish) number from anout 6 of your pieces of hardware. If you swap PC's therefore, it assumes something is wrong (due all the hardware changes) and will not boot.
Because of this, need to reinstall XP on my new machine - the problem I have is that when doing this, it is likely that I will not be able to activate it as I have already activated using my old PC. I.e. I'll only get about 30 days usage time out of the thing, and wont be able to upgrade etc. Which is gay, esp when there are Blaster virus things going round which you kinda need protection from!
I see what you mean though, friend of mine has copied version of XP and can't update it at all, because he is using a serial number that he got off Kazaa and has probably been registered a million times over.
Your question must be a common question though and prehaps Turbo or someone knows.
You know when you reinstall an O/S you usually format the C drive and just start again.......
How do you do it with WIndows XP?
(Yes, I realise the "format the drive and set PC to boot from CD etc etc" part).
The reason I ask is that XP has this activation code...... surely if I format my hard disk and reinstall a fresh copy of XP, its going to complain that the activation code is already in use?????
Do you have to go to Microsofts website and disable your code or something first?
Many thanks for any help - if someone has actually done this before, I'd appreciate your advice.