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Re: [LUG] A bit O/T but with a Linux Flavour

 

David Bell wrote:
> I am about to rebuild a PC with 2 new HDD's for somebody, who has sampled and 
> been delighted with Linux (repeat, "delighted with Linux"), but needs to 
> retain, very occasional, access to XP as well.  The machine has XP (OEM 
> version) installed on a single aging HDD which is fairly small and 
> reformatting it into 2 partitions would be impracticable. In any case I 
> prefer to construct dual boot systems using separate disks.
> 
> Does anyone know if MS will reject my attempt to re-activate an OEM version of  
> XP on the new master disk, all other components remaining unchanged?
> 
> TIA
> 
> 

If it's just the hard drive which is bigger then it should be fine.

OEM licences are tied to the machine so if the motherboard and CPU 
changed then Microsoft would probably consider it to be a new machine.

This guide might help actually, you can transfer the partition from one 
drive to another (as long as you create a partition with the same size 
on the new drive) and then expand it with GParted as needed.

Rob


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