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I also posted this in the setup section. Not sure what
this falls under. I had a counterfeit xp pro disk
installed (which I found out when I tried to update to
service pack 1). Now, I have an authentic xp pro FULL
version disk. I don't think I should RE-install the whole
thing on top of the counterfeit installation. Not sure
what to do.
Thanks!

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Jennifer, go into the Bios and set the Cdrom as first boot device. Then
do a clean install. You can
format the hard drive with the WinXP CD. Check here for further info
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

"jennifer" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I also posted this in the setup section. Not sure what
> this falls under. I had a counterfeit xp pro disk
> installed (which I found out when I tried to update to
> service pack 1). Now, I have an authentic xp pro FULL
> version disk. I don't think I should RE-install the whole
> thing on top of the counterfeit installation. Not sure
> what to do.
> Thanks!

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I am not sure about that only because I posted a question
similar to this when I first found out that my disk was
fake (before I got this new one) and someone from
microsoft answered. They said something about doing a
repair, they didn't say anything about doing a clean
install. That said, I have since lost the original post!
Thanks

>-----Original Message-----
> Jennifer, go into the Bios and set the Cdrom as first
boot device. Then
>do a clean install. You can
> format the hard drive with the WinXP CD. Check here
for further info
>
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
>
>"jennifer" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:028c01c47a69$c0e51590$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> I also posted this in the setup section. Not sure what
>> this falls under. I had a counterfeit xp pro disk
>> installed (which I found out when I tried to update to
>> service pack 1). Now, I have an authentic xp pro FULL
>> version disk. I don't think I should RE-install the
whole
>> thing on top of the counterfeit installation. Not sure
>> what to do.
>> Thanks!
>
>
>.
>

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Greetings --

You need to purchase and use a _legitimate_ full retail copy of
WinXP Pro to perform a repair (a.k.a. in-place upgrade) installation,
using the new CD and Product Key.

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/direc [...] US;Q315341

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"jennifer" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:028c01c47a69$c0e51590$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> I also posted this in the setup section. Not sure what
> this falls under. I had a counterfeit xp pro disk
> installed (which I found out when I tried to update to
> service pack 1). Now, I have an authentic xp pro FULL
> version disk. I don't think I should RE-install the whole
> thing on top of the counterfeit installation. Not sure
> what to do.
> Thanks!

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