andrewcocke
Oct 23, 2006, 03:44 PM
I have an computer that's a few years old.
I recently purchased a 100GB hard drive for it. I want to install the copy of windows XP home on this hard drive. It's the same windows disc that came with the computer. So I can't see it violating any Microsoft "laws".
Its still a good system, it just needs an operating system on it. Currently its just sitting up here collecting dust and I'd like to get it going again.
I had tried to do this before, and I ran into this activation problem. How do I activate it. Ive been told you have to phone Microsoft, and then they charge you money.
Uarg... I miss the good old days, when you could just do a reformatt without the worry of all this piracy, hidden fee's breaking laws, etc... politics politics...
Anyway, is this possible, or will that computer just rott? I mean, I could spend $200 for a new licence, but for only a couple hundred more I could get a whole new computer. Just seems kind of wastefull, and wasting money is not a luxury I have.
I recently purchased a 100GB hard drive for it. I want to install the copy of windows XP home on this hard drive. It's the same windows disc that came with the computer. So I can't see it violating any Microsoft "laws".
Its still a good system, it just needs an operating system on it. Currently its just sitting up here collecting dust and I'd like to get it going again.
I had tried to do this before, and I ran into this activation problem. How do I activate it. Ive been told you have to phone Microsoft, and then they charge you money.
Uarg... I miss the good old days, when you could just do a reformatt without the worry of all this piracy, hidden fee's breaking laws, etc... politics politics...
Anyway, is this possible, or will that computer just rott? I mean, I could spend $200 for a new licence, but for only a couple hundred more I could get a whole new computer. Just seems kind of wastefull, and wasting money is not a luxury I have.