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Dell version of 2kpro

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LordMorpheus

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okeis, so i have win2k pro (from dell, their own oem thingy) on my old computer. On monday, that computer was retired and i built a new one based around an atholon XP 2100+ cpu. my previous comptuer was a pII 450mhz.

well, i have a new 'cuda IV 80 gigs, and i pop in the win 2k disc thinking (well, my old computer is retired, so this should be legal and all. . . ) that itll install as easy as it did on my dell. wrong. flashing screen says 'this is not a dell, can't install'

i see no way to bypass this BUT, i still have my old 13 gigabyte hardrive with an installation of win2k pro on it. can i take that install from a pII system and put it as my primary channel master drive and use win2k off of it in an athlonXP environment. i have 98 installed now, and i really find it horrible when compared to 2k. I realize that i will have to go through driver HELL to get it all set up, but i am willing to do so to get 2kpro back. but . . . will it work at all, i mean, will the installation on a pII system just totally not work in an athlon environment?

thanks,

me.
 
The disc from Dell is BIOS locked and will not install on another machine. You probably can take the drive and move it to your new machine and allow it to re-detect the hardware, although nothing is guaranteed with a locked version of the OS. Re-running setup as you found out is not an option and many times is required for motherboard and other major changes.
 
If reinstalling is not an option, you might also want to try using the sysprep utility (download ver 1.1 from MS) and run it with the -pnp switch from your PII machine. After it shuts down, move the HD to your new machine and let it run. The -pnp switch reinitializes the plug&play database and makes Windows redetect all your hardware. Hope that helps!
 
That's terrible, in the old days (3 years ago) the Dell OS discs were not locked. But this is annoying as you did pay for the software. I bought a Dell recently with Windows ME (I don't really have any use for that stupid OS) and I noticed that all I got was a system restore CD with the OS on it. I haven't figured out how to use that install a clean copy of ME without the whole stupid 'restore' crap on it. Good thing I use Win2k though.

I don't know if this is still legal ( I can't see why not - you paid for that software), you could install from another install disc and use your own paid for serial number.
 
Originally posted by: sxr7171
That's terrible, in the old days (3 years ago) the Dell OS discs were not locked. But this is annoying as you did pay for the software. I bought a Dell recently with Windows ME (I don't really have any use for that stupid OS) and I noticed that all I got was a system restore CD with the OS on it. I haven't figured out how to use that install a clean copy of ME without the whole stupid 'restore' crap on it. Good thing I use Win2k though.

I don't know if this is still legal ( I can't see why not - you paid for that software), you could install from another install disc and use your own paid for serial number.
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It's a common misconception, you don't pay for the software, you're paying for the license to use the software, if you buy a license from Microsoft, and download Windows 2000 from somewhere off the net, it is still completely legal, and what you paid for when you bought your Dell was the license, however that license was solely tied to that single machine, as per the agreement between Dell, Microsoft, and You.

--Mark
 
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