"fellfrosch" <fellfrosch@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:CCA8316E-B384-4F65-A04F-95D4B243AD1B@xxxxxx
Quote:
> that really bites... Cause i was just considering getting an OEM copy till
> i
> read that if i changed the motherboard it would no longer work. I plan on
> upgrading my Mobo within the next 1-2 years as well as my vid card, cpu,
> Ram,
> and probably change my 2 500Gb SATA drives to 2-4 1Tb Drives (in other
> words
> almost build a new system, minus the case, one HD, and the power supply).
> My
> current parts would then go into a linux based unit I've been wanting to
> build for my living room...
> Before anyone says to just buy it again when i upgrade my system, it took
> me
> years to save up to get this computer built... and I just got married so
> there went a lot more money... and now I've got to save up to build my new
> system and I don't want to add more cost to it.. it'd make me have to
> settle
> for cheaper parts which i don't want to do. I've done that too much as it
> is
> throughout my life...
> Quote:
>> "fellfrosch" <fellfrosch@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news
E288B7C-4038-4B91-96EB-477348D15ED0@xxxxxx Quote:
>> > Can I partition my HD to two partitions, Install my copy of winXP pro
>> > on
>> > both
>> > (its only on one comouter so that shouldnt violate anything) and then
>> > upgrade
>> > one of them to vista using an upgrade disk? Will both windows work
>> > fine?
>>
The problem is that the Vista EULA specifies that you can only install the
one copy of the software. It also specifies that you must assign a license
to a device (each partition is a separate device) before installing there.
In order to install your XP to the second partition you would have to assign
(transfer) its license there. But if you do that the first partition
becomes unlicensed and the XP there would be the one installed on an
unlicensed device.
That is not to say that you cannot perform a parallel installation using an
upgrade product key and still be able to use the first OS (XP in your case).
You can, but you have to have a third Windows license to do it.
Do you have a copy of Windows sitting on a shelf that is not being used on
any computer anymore? It needs to be Windows 2000 or later.