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Rob Beard wrote: > 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 > > > Of course if MS are funny about you doing this, just mention that you could just use Linux (which does not rely on all this nonsense) and not use windows. Paul -- Support open file formats use ISO 26300 Open Document format as used by openoffice.org, http:///www.openoffice.org Software Freedom day 21st September 2008 www.chatter-city.com visit us on IRC - irc.flashtek-uk.com / 6667 #dclug -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version 3.1 GIT d S: a C+++ UL++++ P+ L++ W++ N+ W--- O! V! PS+ Y! t+++ 5 X+++ R tv- b- DI! D++ G e H! r! z? -----END GEEK CODE BLOCK---- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html