transfer license from not non working dead windows xp to new computer with no os

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  Please see:

  • How to move a Windows installation to different hardware

  • Changing a Motherboard or Moving a Hard Drive with XP Installed

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  Carey Frisch

  • Marked as answer by Darin Smith MS Wednesday, January 4, 2012 8:46 PM

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  "Aj 94" wrote in message news:0afe2064-f0aa-495a-adf4-8ff4164a8546...

  The old computr has windows XP on it and how can I transfer  it to the new one...the old computr processor gets heat up so it doesn't evn turn on please help

   

  If the old computer came with Windows pre-installed, it’s an OEM License – such licenses cannot be moved to new machines.

   

  I that case, you would have to purchase a new Windows license, and MS no longer sell XP or Vista, so you would have to either risk buying a counterfeit in the open market, or purchase a Windows 7 license.

   

   

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  Noel Paton | Nil Carborundum Illegitemi | CrashFixPC | The Three-toed Sloth

  • Marked as answer by Darin Smith MS Wednesday, January 4, 2012 8:47 PM

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