On 2 May 2008, at 19:03, Mark Knecht wrote:
On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Michael Higgins
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
(Saw a similar thread, going the wrong way.)
I have a laptop with a spare partition waiting for WinXP, to install
from Dell OEM disks that came originally.
I would be very careful about installing from OEM disks. My HP OEM
disks will actually blow ALL the partitions on the drive away,
repartition and reformat the whole drive back to the way it was
shipped from the factory.
What he said.
Better if you can find a regular retail copy
of XP.
Better if he can find a regular _OEM_ copy of XP.
Note that in the case of this HP Vista license it only works
with the OEM install. The license is no good with a normal copy of
Vista.
Right. Same with XP.
Basically Microsoft sell XP in a glossy box on the shelves of PC
World, and they also sell it a cardboard sleeve which is licensed for
OEM use only; if you're Bob's Computers you can buy these singly and
it comes with a sticker to stick on the computer's case, just like
the license stickers you see on a brand new Compaq or HP.
Although the likes of Dell, HP & Packard Hell may make their own
reinstall CDs (which we surely can't trust not to mess up the
partitions), this isn't a realistic proposition for Bob's Computers -
but don't worry, Microsoft make an install CD for him and supply it
in the single-pack version of XP OEM.
The OEM license numbers don't work with a retail installation CD &
vice-versa. So what Michael needs is a Microsoft-branded OEM
installation CD. These work with any OEM license number (even if the
sticker says "Dell" or "HP" on it), as long as the Home /
Professional versioning is correct.
I would suggest - as long as you live in Sweden - the famous 9-in-1
OEM CD, from your favourite swashbuckling sea-dog. Arrrrr, me
hearties! This be perfectly legal because the the sticker on the
underside of the the laptop is the license for XP, not the CD itself.
Stroller.
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