Reinstalling WinXP

On June 30 2008 purchased a new HDD and Windows XP Professional. Install on
1 year old PC witch one comes with preinstaled OS I archived. Activated a XP.
After trial to install Windows updates (read SP3) duo core processor with 2GB
RAM crash. There was no chance of recovery. As soon get a start up Windows
logo system froze, show blue windows background.... memory dump... and all
over again and again....
Discovered problems on motherboard... decided to buy new motherboard and CPU
(ASUS P5N-D and Quad CPU). Put together a system did a system recovery with
XP CD, this time asked for activation within 3 days. I denied. Next reboot
system again freeze. Lockout. Reinstaled XP from scratch. Now I have 21 days
for activation but can not activate because the XP are in MS database already
activated. Offering to purchase a new activatio code for 199. For what
because my system still not working properly and what is a guaranty will not
crush again after try to download an SP3. This is a third system in house I
have trouble instaling SP3.
Any sugestion?
How to legally activate a XP without purchasing another copy?
Regards
Robert




"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

> On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:32:44 -0500, Scott <golden@uslink.net> wrote:
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> > "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:21:15 -0500, Scott <golden@uslink.net> wrote:
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> > > > Just curious, how would a "corporate version" of XP (maybe pirated) be risky to use?
> > >
> > > Any non-genuine software can contain whatever the person who created
> > > it wants it to contain, including malware.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
> > > Please Reply to the Newsgroup
> >
> > Ken,
> >
> > Good point. I'll play is safe and avoid pirated software.
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>
> Good.
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>

"JS" wrote:


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> Since your PC is 6 years old it may not support 48Bit LBA (drives larger
> than 137GB), so check that your BIOS reports the correct drive size when you
> connect your new drive.
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> JS
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> "Scott" <golden@uslink.net> wrote in message
> news:486FA522.E02F3ADF@uslink.net...
> > My 6-year old WinXP Pro desktop has developed some issues. I'm thinking of
> > reinstalling the OS on a new and larger hard drive and starting fresh. I'm
> > worried about activation problems when using Microsoft Update after the
> > new
> > OS install. Am I better off using the WinXP Operating System CD and
> > Drivers
> > CD that came with the system, using the Recovery Console, or finding a
> > corporate
> > version of WinXP that supposedly won't have an activation issue?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Scott
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