Munchie
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is this possible? just need a new HD! this 1 is fucked u see haha......ill just use it as a backup
anybody help?! i need a 120GB 1
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ed
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No you cant. Are you gonna get rid of your old one?
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Munchie
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nah use it as mp3 bakup me thinks. there is 2 much shit on this 1 now u see
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Munchie
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plus ads i cant get rid off etc....its fucked. blue screens all da time
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Drew
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format c:
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Munchie
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nah i want suttin bigger.cant b arsed backing everything up
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Munchie
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oh and there is bad clusters on it to
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jamesw
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even if you could it wouldnt boot up unless the hardware was pretty much the same of the computer it got it installed from.
JW
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quote:
Originally posted by Munchie
plus ads i cant get rid off etc....its fucked. blue screens all da time
solution: stop looking at dodgy porn 
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Munchie
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ive got 512ddr....950mghz shuld b ok eh!?
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PaulW
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quote:
Originally posted by Munchie
ive got 512ddr....950mghz shuld b ok eh!?
it has to be an EXACT hardware match for it to work, or it will need re-activating again.
so means you will need exactly the same motherboard with exactly the same BIOS revision, same CPU and same HDD... things like graphics cards, cd-rom drives & soundcards you can swap without needing to re-activate it, anything else different and it will not work
[Edited on 14-03-2004 by PaulW]
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DAYZEE
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I think you'll find the activation uses Processor serial number, Network card MAC address and Hard drive serial number amongst other things. So infact just buying the same model drives and boards won't work.
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PaulW
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trust me it doesn't 
if thats the case then companies such as Dell, eMachine, Advent, Toshiba, etc... would all be taking forever to make there machines. I used to work one place where we refurbished ex pcworld stock, and as most of the machines had no restore discs, we used the same ones over & over again!
same hardware was needed, like motherboards, but as long as they had the same BIOS revision & were exactly the same model, the restore would work, regardless of CPU serial or MAC address...
we did flash a BIOS once & it then needed re-activating, but other than that it all worked fine!
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PaulW
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I've also cloned XP on 2 laptops at home, only difference with them 1 is a P3, the other is a Celeron, other than that though there exactly the same!
No activation issues there either!
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DAYZEE
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http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/basics/activation/mpafaq.asp
Turst me, it does.
I think you'll find Dell doesn't have to activate its products like a normal user. Much like companies (such as the one I work for) have corporate licenses which never require activation.
Dell XP machines which don't have a corporate licence require activation after the sysprep has run.
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Munchie
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rite so say i get a blag xp with key....and get this 120gb HD....can i just lash me HD in me comp...and then install xp on to this drive?!
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John
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yes
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M2RTY
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i did it last month - 70 quid for HDD from maplins, 120gig
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Tim
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There are ways of doing it (as you change set the volume serial number manually) avoiding activation. But if you're buying a new drive and your PC really is that stuffed, then a clean install sounds like a good idea -- installing XP really isn't too difficult so I'm sure you won't have any problems.
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Munchie
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but i dont want to pay for XP hahaha!!!! marv how did u do it then
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Sims
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i know where you can get a Western Digital Caviar 120GB Special Edition 8MB Cache for £65 and i could burn you a bootable copy of XP with working online update CD key 
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Munchie
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sweetttttttttttt
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ed
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You got a PC, with an operating system, but no CD? How does that work? Whered you buy the PC from?
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Munchie
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me?
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Mikorsa16v
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quote:
Originally posted by Munchie
nah use it as mp3 bakup me thinks. there is 2 much shit on this 1 now u see
ROFL lol
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