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From: 123Jim on 10 Jun 2010 16:16
Hi all,
I have a windows XP home OEM disk ... but I have a laptop with a product key
for 'XP Media Centre' ..

Can I use this XP home OEM disk to install XP onto the Laptop?

cheers


From: Billns on 10 Jun 2010 16:40
On 6/10/2010 1:16 PM, 123Jim wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have a windows XP home OEM disk ... but I have a laptop with a product key
> for 'XP Media Centre' ..
>
> Can I use this XP home OEM disk to install XP onto the Laptop?
>
> cheers
>
>
Is the OEM disk for your laptop specifically? And does it have its own
product key?

If yes to both, it should work.
Otherwise, you could try and see what happens.

Is your laptop still working ok? If so, why do you want to install XP
Home in place of XP Media Center?

Bill
From: smlunatick on 10 Jun 2010 16:44
On Jun 10, 9:16 pm, "123Jim" <jnkjnjn...(a)uhnuhnunuhnuy.invalid> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have a windows XP home OEM disk ... but I have a laptop with a product key
> for 'XP Media Centre' ..
>
> Can I use this XP home OEM disk to install XP onto the Laptop?
>
> cheers

NO. CD Keys are product specific. You need a CD that matches the CD
key.
From: Bickford Schmeckler on 10 Jun 2010 16:58
No.

"123Jim" <jnkjnjnini(a)uhnuhnunuhnuy.invalid> wrote in message
news:hurh7u$5f5$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
: Hi all,
: I have a windows XP home OEM disk ... but I have a laptop with a product
key
: for 'XP Media Centre' ..
:
: Can I use this XP home OEM disk to install XP onto the Laptop?
:
: cheers
:
:


From: Daave on 10 Jun 2010 17:20
123Jim wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have a windows XP home OEM disk ... but I have a laptop with a
> product key for 'XP Media Centre' ..
>
> Can I use this XP home OEM disk to install XP onto the Laptop?
>
> cheers

The answer is no, assuming you attempt to use the XP MCE key with the XP
Home CD. (Then again, if your XP Home CD is *unused*, you could use the
XP Home installation CD along with its corresponding XP Home Product Key
to perform a Clean Install on the laptop. But I doubt that is the
situation!)

What is the make and model of this laptop? For all you know, the hard
drive might have a hidden recovery partition.


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