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24-January-04, 11:34 PM
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| Apex Techie I  Join Date: Dec 2002
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 |  Quick Question Ok... Heres the deal... I am upgrading my computer.... Right now I have a 950 mhz Athlon processor with 320 mb of ram... I am upgrading to a P4 2.6 Hyper Threading processor(mobo too, of course...) with 512 of ram.... Ok.. Heres the problem.... I just moved and in the move have lost my XP disk and serial... can I have someones(hahah Just kidding)... The real question is... Will I have to re-install windows?? Man I hope not... I have a ton of crap to look through to try and find it... lol... thanks guys... |
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24-January-04, 11:39 PM
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| Apex Techie I  Join Date: Jan 2004
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I dont think you will have to reinstall it but you will have to reactivate it. Use this program to get your win cd key since you lost it http://ssrleague1.homestead.com/files/keyfinder.zip
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24-January-04, 11:42 PM
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| H.A.L.O.-Hoe  Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Fayetteville NC
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     | Yes you will have to reinstall windows for a couple of reasons.. One you are changing from amd to intel.. Two you are changing mobos and probably ram.. You really need to do a fresh install but most likely you will have to anyways..
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25-January-04, 12:00 AM
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| Apex Techie I Join Date: Dec 2002
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| Ok... I know before someone was saying that if you changed mobos and reinstalled windows you would be prompted to call Microsoft help desk to let them know... Then I thought I read somewhere online that you didnt have to.... I am sure it will prompt me to call.... Anyone else know for sure?? |
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25-January-04, 12:03 AM
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| Apex Master Tech Apprentice Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Ohio
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| I just did what you want to do twice in the last two days and I had to reinstall xp each time in the past I have done it and it has worked but not this time I got the blue screens of death each time back up your important things I was ok because most of my data lives either on seperate drives or on a partition edit: mine didn't prompt but mines xp pro home will prompt you
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25-January-04, 12:24 AM
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| Freck-hoe-d  Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: TejAs!
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| Not sure about home but with Pro it wont ask. There is a file you can remove in the config setup so that when you install the new stuff it will still work. But I strongly advise for the best performance do a fresh install. Unless you like horrible load times a lag that would eat you for breakfest.
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25-January-04, 02:55 AM
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| Still Duck's Hoe Though  Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Limbo
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| Heres a post from the past, I dont remember who made it (Scape maybe). I've never tried it personally, but supposedly it works.
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25-January-04, 02:59 AM
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| Apex Advanced Techie  Join Date: Dec 2002
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Has anyone ever tried this because I'm building a new rig and was going to use my old hd.. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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