the only one i have that is extra anymore is one my old school gave me. Says
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition - May 2005 SERVERS. Used to have another
reg copy of XP but a co-worker "borrowed" it out of my backpack while i
wasn't looking and then moved just after i found out.
I don't know if the x64 edition works at all. i have never tried to install
it so i don't even know if it's a valid copy (it does have the key on the
back of the envelope).
Would Vista 32 bit Upgrade install over a 64 bit XP?
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
Quote:
> "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
> >> > 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.
>