Hello.

Can the same copy/license of XP Home be installed on two seperate hard
drives that are installed in the same system. Wanting to boot to two
different drives but on the same computer. Obviously only one at a
time.

Thanx


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davidchomes

David, you can perform a dual boot with XP Home as both OS's. Just make
sure you have the first drive connected.
The second drive will install a clean version of WinXP Home and
reconfigure your boot.ini file to include both OS's.
Boot from the WinXP CD and select New Install>Advanced. Which will
allow you to choose the drive or partition to
install XP.
"davidchomes" <davidchomes.216t7g@pcbanter.net> wrote in message
news:davidchomes.216t7g@pcbanter.net...
>
> Hello.
>
> Can the same copy/license of XP Home be installed on two seperate hard
> drives that are installed in the same system. Wanting to boot to two
> different drives but on the same computer. Obviously only one at a
> time.
>
> Thanx
>
>
> --
> davidchomes

Thiers no problem doing that,just physically disconnect youre other hds
while you install xp,and any other devices-printers,etc...

"davidchomes" wrote:

>
> Hello.
>
> Can the same copy/license of XP Home be installed on two seperate hard
> drives that are installed in the same system. Wanting to boot to two
> different drives but on the same computer. Obviously only one at a
> time.
>
> Thanx
>
>
> --
> davidchomes
>

A Windows XP license can only be used once on
one computer. A second installation requires a second
license.

From the Windows XP EULA:

1.1 Installation and use. You may install, use, access,
display and run one copy of the Software on a single
computer, such as a workstation, terminal or other
device ("Workstation Computer"). The Software may not
be used by more than two (2) processors at any one
time on any single Workstation Computer.

Please read your End-User License Agreement by going
to Start > Run and type: WINVER , and hit enter. Then
click on "End-User License Agreement".

If you already have a retail copy of Windows XP, you can obtain
additional licenses for another computer or laptop by visiting the
following Microsoft Web site:
http://shop.microsoft.com/special/wal/walinfo.asp

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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"davidchomes" wrote:

| Hello.
|
| Can the same copy/license of XP Home be installed on two seperate hard
| drives that are installed in the same system. Wanting to boot to two
| different drives but on the same computer. Obviously only one at a
| time.
|
| Thanx
| --
| davidchomes

David,

Are you asking whether it is physically possible to do this, or are you
asking whether or not you would have a problem with activation and updates
through MS since you have XP (with a restrictive license). I've wanted to
do this also (using a hard drive lock/switch) but I wonder if it would be a
problem with both drives retrieving updates all the time.

Don


"Rich Barry" <rbarrynot@socal.rr.com> wrote in message
news:6kivf.27737$pE4.10602@tornado.socal.rr.com...
> David, you can perform a dual boot with XP Home as both OS's. Just make
> sure you have the first drive connected.
> The second drive will install a clean version of WinXP Home and
> reconfigure your boot.ini file to include both OS's.
> Boot from the WinXP CD and select New Install>Advanced. Which will
> allow you to choose the drive or partition to
> install XP.
> "davidchomes" <davidchomes.216t7g@pcbanter.net> wrote in message
> news:davidchomes.216t7g@pcbanter.net...
>>
>> Hello.
>>
>> Can the same copy/license of XP Home be installed on two seperate hard
>> drives that are installed in the same system. Wanting to boot to two
>> different drives but on the same computer. Obviously only one at a
>> time.
>>
>> Thanx
>>
>>
>> --
>> davidchomes
>
>

Just to confirm:
Can I use the same product key for both installs? Or will this cause an
activation problem?


Rich Barry Wrote:
> David, you can perform a dual boot with XP Home as both OS's. Just make
> sure you have the first drive connected.
> The second drive will install a clean version of WinXP Home and
> reconfigure your boot.ini file to include both OS's.
> Boot from the WinXP CD and select New InstallAdvanced. Which will
> allow you to choose the drive or partition to
> install XP.
> "davidchomes" davidchomes.216t7g@pcbanter.net wrote in message
> news:davidchomes.216t7g@pcbanter.net...
>
> Hello.
>
> Can the same copy/license of XP Home be installed on two seperate
> hard
> drives that are installed in the same system. Wanting to boot to two
> different drives but on the same computer. Obviously only one at a
> time.
>
> Thanx
>
>
> --
> davidchomes


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davidchomes