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On Sat, 3 May 2008 10:44:01 +0100 |
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Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On 2 May 2008, at 19:03, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> > On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Michael Higgins |
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> > <linux@×××××××.org> wrote: |
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> >> (Saw a similar thread, going the wrong way.) |
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> >> I have a laptop with a spare partition waiting for WinXP, to |
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> >> install from Dell OEM disks that came originally. |
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> > I would be very careful about installing from OEM disks. My HP OEM |
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> > disks will actually blow ALL the partitions on the drive away, |
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> > repartition and reformat the whole drive back to the way it was |
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> > shipped from the factory. |
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> What he said. |
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> > Better if you can find a regular retail copy |
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> > of XP. |
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> Better if he can find a regular _OEM_ copy of XP. |
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> > Note that in the case of this HP Vista license it only works |
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> > with the OEM install. The license is no good with a normal copy of |
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> > Vista. |
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> Right. Same with XP. |
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> The OEM license numbers don't work with a retail installation CD & |
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> vice-versa. So what Michael needs is a Microsoft-branded OEM |
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> installation CD. These work with any OEM license number (even if the |
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> sticker says "Dell" or "HP" on it), as long as the Home / |
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> Professional versioning is correct. |
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> I would suggest - as long as you live in Sweden - the famous 9-in-1 |
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> OEM CD, from your favourite swashbuckling sea-dog. Arrrrr, me |
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> hearties! This be perfectly legal because the the sticker on the |
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> underside of the the laptop is the license for XP, not the CD itself. |
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> Stroller. |
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Thanks to you folks for all the great info. Just happen to have an OEM |
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copy of XP Pro kicking about and a sticker on the bottom of the laptop |
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with a product key for the same. Looks like I'm good to go. |
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Cheers, |
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