Re: Ghosting a WinXP boot drive (was: AMD vs. Intel)

The key is sufficient if you have the right kind of XP CD.  If the 6GB
had XP Pro on it and you've a XP Pro CD, that's a good sign.  An XP Home
CD wouldn't work with an XP Pro key.

But it goes a bit deeper than that.  OEM, Retail, and MSDN CDs (I think
there's a fourth) for XP Pro (and Home) are also slightly different and
a key for the OEM version won't work with a Retail CD, etc.  Your key &
CD need to match.

Even more, an XP (Pro or Home) CD with no pre-loaded SP vs. one with SP1
vs. one with SP2 are also keyed uniquely.

I don't know how to tell from looking at a key what CD it matches with.
I don't know if anyone can tell.

Quite a pain, yes?

Worst case, you can buy XP Pro OEM for about $135-140.


John A. Jones, CISSP
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From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Dan
Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 12:24 AM
To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Ghosting a WinXP boot drive (was: AMD vs. Intel)

On 6/16/06, Jones, John (US) <John.Jones@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

If the copy of XP Pro is OEM, then you more than likely cannot move

it.

If it's a retail copy, you should be able to.

That's what I figured.

But, the best way to do

it is to do a fresh install and use the key from the existing install 
(and then wipe the 6GB disk).  The key would be with the XP CD.

Which I don't have in my possession.  But I have the key for the XP
that's installed on the 6GB drive.  So, then, could I use another retail
XP Pro Upgrade CD-rom and use the key that's on the 6GB install?  If
yes, would it matter whether CD-rom I end up using might have the SP2
built-in?  Would a key from a pre-SP2 build work?

TIA,
Dan
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