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

 

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

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