[Ham-Computers] Reinstalling XP PRO

[Jim Myers]

You can just start the install from the new CD, 
and when it asks if you want to upgrade or do a 
new install, choose upgrade.  This will replace 
the surrent installation with the new one, but 
leave all your installed programs and data intact.

If you have SP2 installed on your current system, 
you will have to use a CD that has SP2 included with it in order to perform
the upgrade.

Jim KD7EIR

At 07:26 AM 6/10/2006, you wrote:
>I need some help!
>Some time ago, I installed XP PRO on my machine and have just learned from
>MS that it is not a legal copy of the software.
>I had bought it from a person that I thought could be trusted and the CD
>looked like a original, but was fake. (LONG story)
>I know about MS's program that lets you send back the fake CD, etc., etc.,
>but I do not want to send it to them because they want me to tell them  from
>whom I got the CD.
>So, the big question is: How to I install a legal copy of XP PRO on my
>machine without loosing all the stuff I already have installed?
>Would it be possible to do this by doing a complete backup of the system,
>re-formatting, install the new software and then do a restore?
>Would this procedure copy any of the "Illegal" stuff back to the machine?
>I would appreciate any help the group might have.
>
>TIA es 73
>
>Gene, WØQFC
>Spring Hill, Florida
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