I'm replacing everything except for my HD, according to a *i know everything about everything* friend, I don't need to buy another copy of XP, but according to the Sales guy, I do.
Who is telling the truth? Seems pretty silly to me to have all the OS files on my HD and not being able to use them.
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Anonymous2007-04-12 7:53 ID:LOFwSsSD
you'll need to do a rebuild/reinstall of xp but listen to your mate. legally u do but in the world of reality you wont need too.
sales guys will tell u anything...
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Anonymous2007-04-12 8:12 ID:3kmjJ04V
It is highly likely that when you transfer your hd over and then boot XP from that disk, you will need to reactivate your copy of xp. You probably don't need to get another copy of xp
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Anonymous2007-04-12 8:36 ID:LOFwSsSD
>>3
xp detects hardware. he'll need to do a rebuild. unless of course the hd is fat32 and not ntfs...?
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OP!2007-04-12 10:29 ID:YHCxP9lT
I have no idea, so i am gonna spend money on a new copy. :D
Idiotproof that way.
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Anonymous2007-04-12 11:09 ID:O6z86F3v
>>5
You mean idiotFULL (cough coughBitTorrent cough cough)
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Anonymous2007-04-12 11:31 ID:7Ga/mCEe
Legally, you only need to buy a new copy of XP if it is OEM, as the license isn't transferable to a new PC.
But a retail copy can be transferred no problem, will just need activation.
You can tell if it's an OEM copy by looking at your product key. If it's of the form nnnnn-OEM-nnnnnnn-nnnnn (where n is a number between 0 and 9 inclusive) then it's OEM.
Of course, if you don't care about the legality of it just download a volume license edition + keygen + genuine advantage crack.
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Anonymous2007-04-12 11:34 ID:7Ga/mCEe
By the way, if you do want to purchase one, you can save money on a new retail copy of XP by installing a dodgy volume license copy first. Then validate your Windows install at http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/ - it will fail and take you to a page where you can buy the "Genuine Advantage Kit" for about half the price of retail, approx the same as OEM. But what you get is a retail CD + product key.
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Anonymous2007-04-12 17:47 ID:efsU78A3
>>1
your friend is telling the truth
1. isohunt.com
2. Search for windows XP
3. download it with uTorrent
4. ......
5. enjoy
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Anonymous2007-04-13 4:00 ID:bFH2183c
oh, btw, if you want to use any of the MS validation programs on pirated windows
just go to http://windowsupdate.62nds.com/ with firefox [you cant use IE]
and you can get ALL updates.
amen.
I don't trust that site. I don't think anyone would run a site like that without some sort of incentive (in this case, the obvious construction of a botnet.)
people buying windows, in my /comp/ ?
as for 62nds.com, i keep hearing well from it, but i dont really trust it, not until the day i get to use it and reverse engineer it myself, the main reason i dont trust it is because of the weird type of extensions it wants to install to be used.
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Anonymous2007-04-14 10:55 ID:KVs+92OF
>>13
You mean...a Firefox extension? A .xpi just like any other extension you could get from anywhere?
LURK MOAR.
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Anonymous2007-04-14 19:06 ID:YbKma4oj
>>1
You stupid. Stop buying that piece of shit of a joke OS. Use *Ubuntu, or at least pirate the corporate edition.
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Anonymous2007-04-17 6:08 ID:eTSdOF1N
>>11
you fail. the incentive is to boycott windozeupdate >>13
you fail. Amen.