Ghosting

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Would it be legal to ghost a drive with Windows XP on it and put it into
another computer as long as I own 2 copies of Windows XP?

Or would I have to change the key on the ghosted?

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Yes that would be legal. However, for the Ghost process to work, the two platforms would
have to have 99% of the same hardware or be the exact same model platform. Otherwise WinXP
will fail to boot.

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Dave




"Matt" <Matt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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| Would it be legal to ghost a drive with Windows XP on it and put it into
| another computer as long as I own 2 copies of Windows XP?
|
| Or would I have to change the key on the ghosted?

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If the two share similar, but different, chip-sets a repair install *may* work. For example
both Intel chip-sets. However, a repair install may also fail if the source was an Intel
chip-set and the destination was a VIA chip-set. The differences are too much to overcome
and the repair won't work.

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Dave




"Jack Gillis" <XXXXXXXX@widomaker.com> wrote in message
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| "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
| newsHbkdshAFHA.1388@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
| > Yes that would be legal. However, for the Ghost process to work, the
| > two platforms would
| > have to have 99% of the same hardware or be the exact same model
| > platform. Otherwise WinXP
| > will fail to boot.
| >
| > --
| > Dave
| >
|
| Yes, it probably might fail to boot but all is not lost yet. I have
| found that running a repair/install corrected the failure to boot
| although in one case, as I recall, I had to make a phone call to get it
| re-activated. I guess that was because of an extreme difference between
| the hardware. The phone call was painless.
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| >
| >
| >
| > "Matt" <Matt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
| > news:3C03F69E-6B15-41D8-AFE8-9447F3F6E6C1@microsoft.com...
| > | Would it be legal to ghost a drive with Windows XP on it and put it
| > into
| > | another computer as long as I own 2 copies of Windows XP?
| > |
| > | Or would I have to change the key on the ghosted?
| >
| >
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