Hi all, hoping you can help me out. I need to re-install XP on my Mum's old Compaq PC, but the recovery discs have disappeared and the recovery partition on the HDD is completely blank. According to the Compaq website, replacement discs are £23 or so, which is ridiculous for a PC which isn't worth much more.
Would it be at all possible/allowed to use my step-dad's XP SP2 disc (which is already in use on his PC), install it onto the Compaq, and change the product key to the Compaq one? To clarify, the Compaq came with XP, but it was pre-SP1. Would this method actually work? The last thing I want to do is make my step-dad's PC stop working because MS think the same copy is on two PCs.
Thanks for any help or suggestions.
Would it be at all possible/allowed to use my step-dad's XP SP2 disc (which is already in use on his PC), install it onto the Compaq, and change the product key to the Compaq one? To clarify, the Compaq came with XP, but it was pre-SP1. Would this method actually work? The last thing I want to do is make my step-dad's PC stop working because MS think the same copy is on two PCs.
Thanks for any help or suggestions.