useing xp from old comp and putting it on new comp

Merky Works · 12-24-2005, 05:05 AM

ok so imbuilding a new comp and im wondering if i could use my current xp os. it is a dell and i have the xp reinstall cd, so could i just build the new one and then use that cd to install xp on the new comp? if i can not do that(which i have a feeling i cant, which is bullshit cause i already bought the os once) then can i use the old HD to run the new comp and use the xp os from my old HD that my dell is currently useing? this may sound cheap but i dont fell like forking out $100 for a os i have already bought. is there any way to get around this?

johnb35 · 12-24-2005, 02:37 PM

If your current machine is the Dell and you are building a new one then NO, you can't use your Dell cd to install XP on your new machine. The Dell CD won't recognize the new computer as a Dell system. And also anytime you change motherboards you would have to do a clean install of the OS anyways. Cause most of the hardware is different and XP won't boot.

palmmann · 12-24-2005, 08:11 PM

try it, and if you get an error, google it. i did this with a dell windows me, and all i had to do was replace a file and re-burn and it worked on any comp.

bebopin64 · 12-24-2005, 09:22 PM

it will work. you just cant use dell resource cd's and such. the OS will install on a new system.

Merky Works · 12-25-2005, 08:15 PM

cool thanks

grazhopper · 12-27-2005, 05:27 PM

can anyone tell me how exactly to transfer that disk to a non-dell PC?? Can you put it on two computers using this process?

12-24-2005, 05:05 AM	#1 (permalink)
Merky Works Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 36	useing xp from old comp and putting it on new comp ok so imbuilding a new comp and im wondering if i could use my current xp os. it is a dell and i have the xp reinstall cd, so could i just build the new one and then use that cd to install xp on the new comp? if i can not do that(which i have a feeling i cant, which is bullshit cause i already bought the os once) then can i use the old HD to run the new comp and use the xp os from my old HD that my dell is currently useing? this may sound cheap but i dont fell like forking out $100 for a os i have already bought. is there any way to get around this?

12-24-2005, 09:22 PM	#4 (permalink)
bebopin64 Platinum Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Age: 19 Posts: 693	it will work. you just cant use dell resource cd's and such. the OS will install on a new system. __________________ Good things happen to those who wait. Great things happen to those who get off their ass and go for it.

12-27-2005, 05:27 PM	#6 (permalink)
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12-24-2005, 02:37 PM	#2 (permalink)
johnb35 Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: IL, USA Age: 38 Posts: 878	If your current machine is the Dell and you are building a new one then NO, you can't use your Dell cd to install XP on your new machine. The Dell CD won't recognize the new computer as a Dell system. And also anytime you change motherboards you would have to do a clean install of the OS anyways. Cause most of the hardware is different and XP won't boot.

12-24-2005, 08:11 PM	#3 (permalink)
palmmann banned Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 979	try it, and if you get an error, google it. i did this with a dell windows me, and all i had to do was replace a file and re-burn and it worked on any comp.

12-25-2005, 08:15 PM	#5 (permalink)
Merky Works Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 36	cool thanks