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    Transferring XP to new laptop

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by MulliganUK, Oct 13, 2011.

  1. MulliganUK

    MulliganUK Notebook Enthusiast

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    I want to install WinXP on Mac bootcamp, I want to do it legally but don't want to pay for a new copy of XP. I've got an old Samsung NC10 with WinXP. I want to replace XP with some version of Linux. But I'm trying to figure out if I can then transfer WinXP from the NC10 to another laptop? Or is the XP licence tied to the laptop it came with? Can I just use the product key from the bottom of the NC10 to install XP on the Mac?

    Thanks for any help.
     
    MulliganUK, Oct 13, 2011
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    olyteddy Notebook Deity

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    Not legally. The Samsung XP is an OEM version.
     
    olyteddy, Oct 13, 2011
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    I completely disagree with the other reply.
    you own that license, not samsung and not MS [the latter has rights, but not ownership]. The 'legal' key is to retire that license by nuking or removing/reusing non-windows the hard drive and remove the COA from the machine so that a downstream owner does not redeploy that peculiar license. Take that license and install the SAME version on your other pc and you're good to go.

    if you don't have a COA, how do you know the original is legit?
    there are a lot of bogus copies of all forms of windows floating about. more often than not if you simply google the installed product key and get hundreds of hits, its grayware. there is one exception to that that I know of re a particular win xp home license.

     
    cognus, Oct 18, 2011
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