I have two computers, one is running XP, is very outdated and has only basic hardware (uses integrated graphics), my other one is a linux and is alot more up to date and has hardware that i think are suitable for gaming which is what i want to do (but cant because it is a linux and the games i want to play are not wine compatible).
What i want to do is to basically get windows XP on the good computer and linux on the bad.
I do not have a key or cd for either of them because the ones for my XP have been misplaced and the linux was a gift. Because ive never done something like this before im thinking that if i were to make a backup of the OS's, burn them onto cd's and install them on opposite computers it may require me to have the keys or something like that.
Another idea is to just switch the hard drives but unless im mistaken i think i read somewhere that because the rest of the hardware is different the OS would ask for a key or something like that.
my only other idea is to uninstall and remove things like the graphics cards on the good computer and then switch the motherboards and then reinstall the other hardware. this way the OS would only have to recognise a couple things at a time. Would this be the easiest way of going about this? or would using the first method be the easiest without requiring original cd's or keys?
edit: also if it matters what my hardware is exactly i can post the specs
What i want to do is to basically get windows XP on the good computer and linux on the bad.
I do not have a key or cd for either of them because the ones for my XP have been misplaced and the linux was a gift. Because ive never done something like this before im thinking that if i were to make a backup of the OS's, burn them onto cd's and install them on opposite computers it may require me to have the keys or something like that.
Another idea is to just switch the hard drives but unless im mistaken i think i read somewhere that because the rest of the hardware is different the OS would ask for a key or something like that.
my only other idea is to uninstall and remove things like the graphics cards on the good computer and then switch the motherboards and then reinstall the other hardware. this way the OS would only have to recognise a couple things at a time. Would this be the easiest way of going about this? or would using the first method be the easiest without requiring original cd's or keys?
edit: also if it matters what my hardware is exactly i can post the specs