BuzzStPoint
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Well I don't know the specs of the XP machine, so I don't know if it will run the machine.
When I say it wont accept it,
I mean when Windows operating system is installed, to prevent piracy, it grabs information on the computer it's being installed on, For example it grabs info on the processor, motherboard, hard drive etc. Then codes that into the OS. If you change too much hardware in a computer The os will either not work (looping reboot) or deactivate. This prevents people from imaging/cloning the harddrive and putting that on multiple computers.
Now. if your computer is up to specs, you can try to image the drive, put it in the old machine and boot it up. I may boot up but ask you for a product key, You would then enter the product key from the other computer
Here's where you will probably run into trouble. This image you created is now on a different computer. It has 0 drivers for the old XP hardware. So it will need to install those. Some will install with windows, others wont. This is why a fresh install would be best.
Well I don't know the specs of the XP machine, so I don't know if it will run the machine.
When I say it wont accept it,
I mean when Windows operating system is installed, to prevent piracy, it grabs information on the computer it's being installed on, For example it grabs info on the processor, motherboard, hard drive etc. Then codes that into the OS. If you change too much hardware in a computer The os will either not work (looping reboot) or deactivate. This prevents people from imaging/cloning the harddrive and putting that on multiple computers.
Now. if your computer is up to specs, you can try to image the drive, put it in the old machine and boot it up. I may boot up but ask you for a product key, You would then enter the product key from the other computer
Here's where you will probably run into trouble. This image you created is now on a different computer. It has 0 drivers for the old XP hardware. So it will need to install those. Some will install with windows, others wont. This is why a fresh install would be best.