I had a crash with my hard drive and want to know if I will have any problems

reinstalling XP Home on another hard drive. I have previously upgraded from

98SE and have all the disks and activation codes. Will there be a problem

with microsoft and the activation?

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jv

There should not be an activation problem.

Insert the XP CD and reboot....be sure to set the CD drive as 1st boot in

the Bios

During the install it will ask for verification of previous OS at which

point you insert your 98 CD....and away you go.

We assume you have removed the broken HD and replaced it with new one...we

assume you are using IDE drives....

The worst that can happen is you will need to make a phone call for

activation....the # will display

peter

"jsdvis" <jsdvis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:F36A900E-DA90-4426-9717-A8A473DA7926@microsoft.com...

>I had a crash with my hard drive and want to know if I will have any

>problems

> reinstalling XP Home on another hard drive. I have previously upgraded

> from

> 98SE and have all the disks and activation codes. Will there be a problem

> with microsoft and the activation?

> --

> jv

On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 15:56:01 -0700, jsdvis

<jsdvis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I had a crash with my hard drive and want to know if I will have any problems

> reinstalling XP Home on another hard drive. I have previously upgraded from

> 98SE and have all the disks and activation codes. Will there be a problem

> with microsoft and the activation?

 

 

 

No, none at all. If you have an upgrade CD, it's retail, and you can

even transfer a retail copy to another computer entirely.

 

 

If it's been at least 120 days since last activation, it should work

over the internet, just as it did the last time. If fewer than 120

days, you'll be prompted to activate by voice call to an 800 number,

but that's almost as quick and easy.

 

Note that you don't have to install 98 first. The requirement to use

an upgrade version is to *own* a previous qualifying version's

installation CD (with an OEM restore CD, see below), not to have it

installed. When setup doesn't find a previous qualifying version

installed, it will prompt you to insert its CD as proof of ownership.

Just insert the previous version's CD, and follow the prompts.

Everything proceeds quite normally and quite legitimately.

 

--

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User

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Thanks for your help!!

--

jv

 

 

"peter" wrote:

> There should not be an activation problem.

> Insert the XP CD and reboot....be sure to set the CD drive as 1st boot in

> the Bios

> During the install it will ask for verification of previous OS at which

> point you insert your 98 CD....and away you go.

> We assume you have removed the broken HD and replaced it with new one...we

> assume you are using IDE drives....

> The worst that can happen is you will need to make a phone call for

> activation....the # will display

> peter

> "jsdvis" <jsdvis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:F36A900E-DA90-4426-9717-A8A473DA7926@microsoft.com...

> >I had a crash with my hard drive and want to know if I will have any

> >problems

> > reinstalling XP Home on another hard drive. I have previously upgraded

> > from

> > 98SE and have all the disks and activation codes. Will there be a problem

> > with microsoft and the activation?

> > --

> > jv

>

>

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