Thread: New machine migration problem

"OceanView" <me@TheSea.com> wrote in message
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> Finally moving from my 97 Dell to a P4 2ghz. In trying to re-install XP
> by
> moving the disk drive over and booting from the XP Install CD, it tells me
> I
> cannot do that because the system on the hard drive is new than the
> install.
> It is, since the hard drive XP is SP2, and the install is SP1. How do I
> get
> around this?


Umm if your new machine already HAS XP on it, WHY are you trying to
re-install?

"OceanView" <me@TheSea.com> wrote in message
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> The new machine has nothing. A Pentium 4 board and processor, machine I
> built from scratch (not latest and greatest but an upgrade I need).


So why did you say in your original post (and I quote):
"it tells me I cannot do that because the system on the hard drive is
new than the install. It is, since the hard drive XP is SP2, and the
install is
SP1. "

If you are installing XP onto a BARE drive as you have now just said then
that error message could not POSSIBLY occur. Period.

Would you like to emnlighten us on what EXACTLY you are trying to do?

RobertVA <robert_c72athotmail@invalid.com> wrote in
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> OceanView wrote:
>> Finally moving from my 97 Dell to a P4 2ghz. In trying to re-install
>> XP by moving the disk drive over and booting from the XP Install CD, it
>> tells me I cannot do that because the system on the hard drive is new
>> than the install. It is, since the hard drive XP is SP2, and the
>> install is SP1. How do I get around this?
>
> You don't indicate what type of Windows XP install CD you are using.
> Read the End User License Agreement (EULA) carefully to make sure it
> allows you to transfer the OS to a new machine. Normally you need an
> Upgrade or Full version (either sold in a retail BOX) of Windows XP to
> be licensed to transfer the OS to a new computer. Note that IF you need
> an earlier Windows version to qualify for the installation of a Windows
> XP UPGRADE, you might need to have a valid license to install the
> earlier OS on the newer computer.
>
> IF you are licensed to install the OS on the new system you may need to
> produce a Slipstreamed installation/repair CD. For a description of what
> that is read the article at
>
>

Will do. I'm pretty sure I can change machines. The license was a resold OEM
with eight licenses. I reinstalled it on a previous versioned HD I had on the
shelf and it worked. It's just service level that's hanging me up now.

Gordon wrote:
> "OceanView" <me@TheSea.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns9926A23518BEoceanbaby@66.250.146.128...
>
>> The new machine has nothing. A Pentium 4 board and processor, machine I
>> built from scratch (not latest and greatest but an upgrade I need).
>
>
> So why did you say in your original post (and I quote):
> "it tells me I cannot do that because the system on the hard drive is
> new than the install. It is, since the hard drive XP is SP2, and the
> install is
> SP1. "
>
> If you are installing XP onto a BARE drive as you have now just said then
> that error message could not POSSIBLY occur. Period.
>
> Would you like to emnlighten us on what EXACTLY you are trying to do?

Because the XP on the OLD computer had been updated to SP2. Even IF he
had tried to run a repair install on the old computer, the CD would have
refused to because the files on the hard drive were newer (Been there,
didn't even get a tee shirt).

I realized that he was wanting to repair the OS for the new hardware on
the HD from the old computer after reading ONLY the original post. Maybe
you are just having a bad day?