My sister is giving me her broken compaq presario PC. The motherboard burnt up, but all other components are good (athlon xp2800, 120gb HD, 512mb ram etc). It orig. had an asus A7V8X-LA motherboard. The orig. asus A7V8X-LA is not available from compaq or asus, so I was going to buy a MSI mobo and use the other good components listed above. I want to use the system restore disk to erase all of my sisters old data and start fresh. Will the system restore disk work? The orig. asus mobo has the same chipset as the new mobo that I am going to install (VIA KM400A). I really don't want to have to buy another copy of windows XP, so I was hoping the system restore would work. Any suggestions?
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system restore with non OEM motherboard?
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RebateMonger
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I can't say FOR SURE whether you will be able to install and activate XP using your Compaq System Restore disk.
Possible issues you might encounter:
1) The System Restore disk itself MIGHT complain. I doubt it, though.
2) You might have a BIOS-locked version of Wnidows XP. If so, XP won't like the new motherboard (it doesn't have a Compaq-labeled BIOS). Microsoft says it won't allow Internet Activation of XP of BIOS-locked OEM versions of XP. You'll have to call Microsoft and see if they'll let you install an OEM version of XP on a different motherboard. If you have to call, be sure to tell them that the original motherboard burned up and that's why you are using the new motherboard in the PC.
The only time that Microsoft says they will permit the activation of BIOS-locked XP operating systems on a new motherboard is if the original board failed.
If the OS isn't BIOS locked, then you should be able to activate over the Internet using the old COA key. Normally, this would be in violation of Microsoft's licensing policies, but, again, the original motherboard failed.....
Possible issues you might encounter:
1) The System Restore disk itself MIGHT complain. I doubt it, though.
2) You might have a BIOS-locked version of Wnidows XP. If so, XP won't like the new motherboard (it doesn't have a Compaq-labeled BIOS). Microsoft says it won't allow Internet Activation of XP of BIOS-locked OEM versions of XP. You'll have to call Microsoft and see if they'll let you install an OEM version of XP on a different motherboard. If you have to call, be sure to tell them that the original motherboard burned up and that's why you are using the new motherboard in the PC.
The only time that Microsoft says they will permit the activation of BIOS-locked XP operating systems on a new motherboard is if the original board failed.
If the OS isn't BIOS locked, then you should be able to activate over the Internet using the old COA key. Normally, this would be in violation of Microsoft's licensing policies, but, again, the original motherboard failed.....
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