"iamnew" wrote
> Thanks for the answers. Yes, the laptop came only with a recovery disk.
> "smlunatick" wrote:
>>"Gordon" wrote:

>> > "iamnew" wrote
>> > >I have a Toshiba laptop which runs Windows XP Pro. However, the
>> > >laptop is
>> > > about to breakdown. I'm thinking of buying a desktop without an OS.
>> > > I
>> > > wonder if (and how) I can transfer my laptop Windows XP os to the new
>> > > PC?
>> > > The
>> > > laptop one came with the laptop.

>> > No. OEM versions cannot be transferred to another machine.

>> Also, not sure if the Toshiba comes with a complete install CD of XP.
>> Most laptops come with a Recovery media to restore the hard drive back
>> to "factory" defauts and several of these Recovery medias are "locked"
>> to a specific machine type.

Then it's an OEM version of XP. OEM versions, by the license, are tied to
the first computer on which it's installed and can't be tranferred to a
different computer.

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]