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reinstall xp on new hard drive
my hard drive has gone bad and I need to install a new hard drive.
I have a system restore disk from the original set up
can i reinstall windows on that new disk
it is an OEM windows not a full retail version.
I have a system restore disk from the original set up
can i reinstall windows on that new disk
it is an OEM windows not a full retail version.
rtay
Manufactures usually look at the motherboard to tie to as a new computer not a hard drive. You are able to load the system restore disk onto the same computer as often as you like. As long as this hard disk is going into the same computer you will be fine.
Agree with rtay's comment. Is the existing drive dead and thus still functional? In this case you could use tools from the new drives manufacturer to clone/transfer the data from the old/dying drive onto the new drive. Then swap the new for the old and you have all your data as it existed.
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Hello,
You can install Windows XP on new hard drive but you will have to
contact microsoft & your laptop vendor. They both will help to you
for activation. I think three times activation is free, if you are facing
problem with hardware.
Perhaps this may help you.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457078.aspx
Regards,
Tushar Kaskhedikar
You can install Windows XP on new hard drive but you will have to
contact microsoft & your laptop vendor. They both will help to you
for activation. I think three times activation is free, if you are facing
problem with hardware.
Perhaps this may help you.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457078.aspx
Regards,
Tushar Kaskhedikar
have you tried cloning the old drive onto the new one and using the new drive..saves re-installing xp and other software...
if not then you should be able to do fresh install upto 3 times on the exisiting windows xp disk after that you will have to contact microsoft
if not then you should be able to do fresh install upto 3 times on the exisiting windows xp disk after that you will have to contact microsoft
"... can i reinstall windows on that new disk ..." ==>
Concise answer: Yes.
More details: The reinstall should be as simple as booting to the restore CD and restoring to the new hard drive. As noted above, if the system uses a SATA drive you MAY need to install drivers during the install -- but a simple workaround to that is to boot to the BIOS and change the access mode to IDE/legacy (different BIOS Setup programs call this setting various things).
An OEM disk is fine, since you're installing to the original system -- you also won't have any issue with activation ... it will activate online just fine. [In fact, if it's an OEM disk from a major vendor (e.g. Dell, HP, Sony, etc.) it won't even require activation.
Concise answer: Yes.
More details: The reinstall should be as simple as booting to the restore CD and restoring to the new hard drive. As noted above, if the system uses a SATA drive you MAY need to install drivers during the install -- but a simple workaround to that is to boot to the BIOS and change the access mode to IDE/legacy (different BIOS Setup programs call this setting various things).
An OEM disk is fine, since you're installing to the original system -- you also won't have any issue with activation ... it will activate online just fine. [In fact, if it's an OEM disk from a major vendor (e.g. Dell, HP, Sony, etc.) it won't even require activation.