is my windows recover cd for my 9860 compatible with the 9260?

i am wondering if i purchase a new 9260 without os because i have xp pro that came with my older 9860.

 

if its a recovery CD, it installs the drivers with windows, so it might be compatible but you'll have to remove drivers and install new one.

 

The OS you bought with your NP9860 is an OEM license that is only for that laptop.

You need to buy a new license for your NP9260.

 

It might not be 100% legal, but it just might work better than any supplied recovery CD's if you do get a 9260

 

I thought microsoft had changed their EULA so that you could have 1 copy of windows on any 1 machine at a time? Maybe it doesn't apply to OEM though.

 

Exactly...that is for Retail versions that cost about double what an OEM version costs.

The OEM version is only licensed for the machine it is sold on. Activation will be the problem if you try to move it to another machine. It will install alright...but why waste the time?

 

Activation can be done still, just not legally.

 

if it installs why would activation be an issue?

when my first 9860 died within sager's 30 day return policy i asked them for a new one instead of repair. but, i also asked them to save my hard drives and simply swap them into the new system as i had work-related critical data on there at the time of it's death and i could not lose that. because it was the same exact motherboard i take it there were no issues in doing the swap so the new laptop came back ready to go and exactly as i left the old one.

but, when the new laptop came in it had a new windows xp pro sticker on the bottom with an activation code that i never used. the xp pro that is installed on the machine was from the older one. so i figure i can simply instal the recovery cd to a new D900 chasis and activate it using the code from the un-used xp pro sticker.

but from what i understand so far is that it still won't activate? how does it know what is oem and what is not? for all i know it is just an un-used activation code (license).

 

What is on the bottom of your laptop is NOT an unused Activation Code, it is the Product Key for that OS. That OS, using that Product Key, is already Activated so when you try to Activate it again on a different computer...that is different model with different components...MSF code system will recognize it immediately as already Activated.

Of course you can do what ever you want...just know what you are risking.

 

Just a question, but how can you tell if your copy of windows is OEM or retail? I know it sounds stupid but can't you buy a retail copy from a distributor? Just wondering..

 

I purchased a NP4780 from a Sager reseller and was thinking about getting a NP5710 and I asked the reseller if I could use that XP for the new machine. They told me I could.Your machine comes with a system and a driver cd. If you purchase without an OS you get a driver cd only. The drivers are separate from the OS. The problem could be that the drivers cd that comes with the 9260 will be for Vista and people are having problems getting drivers for the new graphics cards for XP. I'm not sure what drivers will be out there especially with the new NVidia cards.

 

The D901C comes with both XP and Vista drivers. (At least mine did!) You can also check out the D901C owner's thread and see the section on notebook updates. There is a link to Clevo's website and the D901C drivers (both XP & Vista). Hope that helps mate!

 

The best way to tell is to READ your End User License Agreement (EULA).

The other way to tell is the price. Retail is about double what you pay for OEM.

If you got it with the computer you bought, it is almost always OEM. Retail is a boxed product.