<eclark@bigfoot.com> wrote
> My original Emachine had a m/b failure. I took the guts/drive, etc
> and put in a Gateway Computer. At the time I installed the Emachine
> hard drives in the Gateway, I had to call Microsoft to get
> validation. I had to give them the serial number and CD Key of the OS
> from the Emachine.
>
> Now I need to fdisk and reformat the hard drives, reinstall the OS
> etc. I do not think the the restsore disks from the Emachine will
> work on the Gateway. Therefore, I need to know now to extract the OS
> from t he Restore Disk. Can anyone help? Any suggestions/information
> would be greatly appreciated.

The copy of XP installed on the eMachines, if preinstalled by the computer
manufacturer, is an OEM version and can't, by the license, be moved to a
different computer. You'll need to purchase a copy of XP.

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]