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Installing XP Pro
A close friend has an unlicensed copy of XP Pro on his PC. Because of
that he is unable to download & install Microsoft Security Essentials. He wants to get a licensed, legal copy of XP Pro on his PC. I know where to buy a sealed copy of XP Pro. I need to know how (if possible) how to install the legal, licensed copy of XP without losing all his data - that is without reformatting his hard drive. Is this possible? David |
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On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 04:06:15 -0500, David wrote:
A close friend has an unlicensed copy of XP Pro on his PC. Because of that he is unable to download & install Microsoft Security Essentials. He wants to get a licensed, legal copy of XP Pro on his PC. I know where to buy a sealed copy of XP Pro. I need to know how (if possible) how to install the legal, licensed copy of XP without losing all his data - that is without reformatting his hard drive. Is this possible? Might be; but I'd be inclined to just back up the data (should be backed up anyway), and do a clean install of the licensed copy of Windows. -- Norman ~Oh Lord, why have you come ~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum |
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omitted the unprovable claim that it's a "close friend's" host ... unlicensed copy of XP Pro ... ... get a licensed, legal copy of XP Pro ... ... how to install the legal, licensed copy of XP ... Just update the product key to a legal one. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/916247 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810892 |
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Thanks for the assistance.
On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:27:07 -0600, VanguardLH wrote: David wrote: omitted the unprovable claim that it's a "close friend's" host ... unlicensed copy of XP Pro ... ... get a licensed, legal copy of XP Pro ... ... how to install the legal, licensed copy of XP ... Just update the product key to a legal one. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/916247 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810892 |
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On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:27:07 -0600, VanguardLH wrote:
David wrote: omitted the unprovable claim that it's a "close friend's" host ... unlicensed copy of XP Pro ... ... get a licensed, legal copy of XP Pro ... ... how to install the legal, licensed copy of XP ... Just update the product key to a legal one. Assumes that the unlicensed clone is sufficiently "clean" of malicious code that a legitimate license will fix it. Question I have is: Should one trust an illegal copy to be sufficiently clean that merely licensing it will suffice? -- Norman ~Oh Lord, why have you come ~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum |
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"David" wrote in message news A close friend has an unlicensed copy of XP Pro on his PC. Because of that he is unable to download & install Microsoft Security Essentials. He wants to get a licensed, legal copy of XP Pro on his PC. I know where to buy a sealed copy of XP Pro. I need to know how (if possible) how to install the legal, licensed copy of XP without losing all his data - that is without reformatting his hard drive. Is this possible? David And be careful of the "sealed copy" of XP Pro. If it indicates anywhere that it is a volume licensed version then it is NOT legal. If it is System builder OEM then it should be at SP3 level (unless the seller had a supply of SP2 versions. You may want to let us know the source of this XP and we may be able to give an educated guess on if it is legal. |
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Look he need to go to Best Buy and get a Note Book for $350 the playmates by
$25 a month! and start moving keep files to it! you can sate up The old PC to share it CD/DVD-ROMs with Note Book if you need too! Afterwards it you can put a New XP software now that One PC, who if Win 7 come to be his likening he buy it DVD software and put it on! But that Old legal copy of XP, will see the Blue Screen of Death, Soon and he will lose all his files. time to move is now, for time is not on your side! "VanguardLH" wrote in message ... David wrote: omitted the unprovable claim that it's a "close friend's" host ... unlicensed copy of XP Pro ... ... get a licensed, legal copy of XP Pro ... ... how to install the legal, licensed copy of XP ... Just update the product key to a legal one. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/916247 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810892 |
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Since everyone has "jumped" on the licensing issue, and ignored your
original question of how to install a new XP installation without destroying the original data, I will try to answer it. The fact is there are "levels" of userdata stored within the original installation. Firstly, there's all the user's data-files - stored in : C:\Documents and Settings\%USERNAME% ....and then, there's other data-files like Outlook (and / or Outlook Express) folder-files. Plus, a myriad of other preferences, too many to describe. The contents of the "My Documents" folder and many of these other settings can be exported using XP's "Files and Settings Transfer Wizard" (Accessed from the Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\System Tools) and placed on a connected USB memory-stick or other external drive. - That IF, however, you HAVE got access to the current XP installation that you're trying to export FROM! If the current installation is well and truly dead, your options are pretty limited to copying the user's data-files from his "My Documents" folder. You can do this either using the XP Installation Disk and starting the Recovery Console from it, or better still, constructing a Bart's Windows PE Boot Disk (search google for more info) and boot into the PC from that in order to access the same files. If using the Recovery Console, this can only be done in XP Pro because you will first need to set two of the four "set" variables in RC by typing the following : set AllowAllPaths = TRUE set AllowRemovableMedia = TRUE ....before you can change directory to the user's "My Documents" folder, and then also copy to removable media such as USB or floppy drives. More Info; How to Use the Recovery Console: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307654#howtouserc Download Bart's PE BootCD Builder: http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/#download == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) David wrote in message news A close friend has an unlicensed copy of XP Pro on his PC. Because of that he is unable to download & install Microsoft Security Essentials. He wants to get a licensed, legal copy of XP Pro on his PC. I know where to buy a sealed copy of XP Pro. I need to know how (if possible) how to install the legal, licensed copy of XP without losing all his data - that is without reformatting his hard drive. Is this possible? David |
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