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Manny
December 12th 03, 10:28 PM
You can install on another hard drive without a problem
but not sure about the license issue.
>-----Original Message-----
>I had XP Pro installed, but asked them to do it on a FAT
>32 partition, so data could be read by Win 98 on a
>separate partition. Well, they used the default, and
>installed it on NTFS.
>
>Can I set up a FAT 32 partition on a different (new)
>drive, and then use some utility to transfer all the
>files, including the OS to the new drive? It will go
>into the same system, so I presume the registration with
>Microsoft will still be okay?
>
>In addition, does anybody know if it's okay to have the
>same copyXP Pro installed on more than one partition of
>the same computer? For example, one on a FAT 32
>partition, and another on an NTFS partition. Thus using
>a boot selection utility, I could use the additional
>functionality of XP Pro that only works on NTFS, when
>booting to that partition. Wouldn't want to do this if
>it meant I have to purchase two copies of the OS. After
>all, they are going on the same system, if this is
>possible to do.
>
>-Doug Paulson
>.
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