[ale] OT: Copying a complete hard drive

[Nathan J. Underwood]

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registered linux user # 73046I've had good luck with it, but I'm using a 
corp select copy.  I've not tried it with a Retail / OEM copy.

Nathan J. Underwood
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John Wells wrote:
> Calvin Harrigan said:
> 
>>I've been reading through this thread and then it occurred to me, are
> 
> you planning on running that XP installation on the laptop?  Even when
> you get the install transferred, will XP work?  Isn't XP tied to several
> pieces of hardware serial numbers?  If you change those pieces doesn't
> it crap out or at the very least force you to re-register or something?
> Just something to think about/verify.
> 
> I'm uncertain how it will do.  The laptop is a Pentium 4...the source
> machine is an AMD Athlon 2200XP+.  I'm more worried about drivers, etc.  I
> can always call and re-register it, if needed.  I've only re-registered it
> once before, and I think you have a certain number (5?) of times to do it.
> 
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