Yves Leclerc
December 6th 03, 09:23 PM
Nam brand OEM XP CD will not support other hadrware configurations other
than from the same OEM.
Yves
"Kent W. England [MVP]" > wrote in message
news:uVG4R%23ouCHA.2280@TK2MSFTNGP11...
> Yes, thank you, but I was looking for definite confirmation. I don't
> have an OEM install to play with. If anyone can confirm that a Gateway,
> Dell or HP OEM XP CD can do a repair on a different system with the
> original hard disk, I'd still like to know.
>
> --
> Kent W. England, MS MVP for Windows XP
> (Please respond only in the newsgroup)
>
>
> "Yves Leclerc" > wrote in message
> news:uk4twaluCHA.2556@TK2MSFTNGP10...
> > You may have a lot of problems. OEM versions of XP are tweaked to the
> > hardware that the OEM has included in your OEM PC. The other PC may
> > not
> > have the same hardware. Also, most OEM may only ship out a Restore CD
> > and
> > not a full XP install CD.
> >
> > BTW: If you have a full OEM XP install CD, then the repair install
> > should
> > work.
> >
> > Yves
> >
> >
> > "Kent W. England [MVP]" > wrote in message
> > news:edDLe$euCHA.2124@TK2MSFTNGP10...
> > > I'm curious to know if you try to move an OEM disk with an OEM XP
> > > install on it to a different PC whether the repair would work.
>
than from the same OEM.
Yves
"Kent W. England [MVP]" > wrote in message
news:uVG4R%23ouCHA.2280@TK2MSFTNGP11...
> Yes, thank you, but I was looking for definite confirmation. I don't
> have an OEM install to play with. If anyone can confirm that a Gateway,
> Dell or HP OEM XP CD can do a repair on a different system with the
> original hard disk, I'd still like to know.
>
> --
> Kent W. England, MS MVP for Windows XP
> (Please respond only in the newsgroup)
>
>
> "Yves Leclerc" > wrote in message
> news:uk4twaluCHA.2556@TK2MSFTNGP10...
> > You may have a lot of problems. OEM versions of XP are tweaked to the
> > hardware that the OEM has included in your OEM PC. The other PC may
> > not
> > have the same hardware. Also, most OEM may only ship out a Restore CD
> > and
> > not a full XP install CD.
> >
> > BTW: If you have a full OEM XP install CD, then the repair install
> > should
> > work.
> >
> > Yves
> >
> >
> > "Kent W. England [MVP]" > wrote in message
> > news:edDLe$euCHA.2124@TK2MSFTNGP10...
> > > I'm curious to know if you try to move an OEM disk with an OEM XP
> > > install on it to a different PC whether the repair would work.
>