Buying Win XP

[John Zelnik]

Hi,
I am considering purchasing Windows XP Home edition.
My question is about WPA:
I use mobile racks to swap hard drives frequently and possibly
adding/removing other hardware such as CD burners & video cards, less
frequently.
Is this going to cause me a big problem with Windows Product Activation?

[mrtee]

I too use moble racks for HDDs. What I did was purchase a drive imaging =
program (True Image) from www.acronis.com. I reinstalled XP in Feb., =
set it up the way I like it, activated it, imaged it, restored that =
image to other HDD and put on them what I wanted for software, then =
imaged those. I can restore any setup I want to whatever drive I want. =
No activation problem at all. =20

If you install XP fresh on each HD that you use then the hashcode will =
be different for each HD, i.e. each installation would require its own =
activation code.

Where you may have to reactivate is with hardware switching if the hash =
code goes out of tolerence. See http://aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm about =
activation.

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Just my 2=A2 worth,
Jeff
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"John Zelnik" > wrote in message =
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| Hi,
| I am considering purchasing Windows XP Home edition.
| My question is about WPA:
| I use mobile racks to swap hard drives frequently and possibly
| adding/removing other hardware such as CD burners & video cards, less
| frequently.
| Is this going to cause me a big problem with Windows Product =
Activation?
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[Will Denny]

Hi

Have a look at the following article by MVP Alex Nichol:

"Windows Product Activation (WPA) on Windows XP"
http://aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.php

Will

"John Zelnik" > wrote in message =
...
> Hi,
> I am considering purchasing Windows XP Home edition.
> My question is about WPA:
> I use mobile racks to swap hard drives frequently and possibly
> adding/removing other hardware such as CD burners & video cards, less
> frequently.
> Is this going to cause me a big problem with Windows Product =
Activation?
>=20
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[John Zelnik]

Actually, I only want to install Win XP on the primary drive. I just worry
if frequent swapping the slave drive and occasionally the video card & the
CD writer would force re-activation.
John

"mrtee" <hingelickeratnew.rr.com> wrote in message
...
I too use moble racks for HDDs. What I did was purchase a drive imaging
program (True Image) from www.acronis.com. I reinstalled XP in Feb., set it
up the way I like it, activated it, imaged it, restored that image to other
HDD and put on them what I wanted for software, then imaged those. I can
restore any setup I want to whatever drive I want. No activation problem at
all.

If you install XP fresh on each HD that you use then the hashcode will be
different for each HD, i.e. each installation would require its own
activation code.

Where you may have to reactivate is with hardware switching if the hash code
goes out of tolerence. See http://aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm about
activation.

--
Just my 2¢ worth,
Jeff
__________in response to__________
"John Zelnik" > wrote in message
...
| Hi,
| I am considering purchasing Windows XP Home edition.
| My question is about WPA:
| I use mobile racks to swap hard drives frequently and possibly
| adding/removing other hardware such as CD burners & video cards, less
| frequently.
| Is this going to cause me a big problem with Windows Product Activation?
|
|


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