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dual hard drives ?
Name: candy Date: June 7, 2002 at 09:41:24 Pacific
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I have two hard drives can i install xp on both drives from the same xp disc and under the same activation. or is that a problem with the licensing?
Name: Sterling_Aug Date: June 7, 2002 at 09:58:51 Pacific
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Yes it is a problem. It will activate only ONCE.
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Response Number 2
Name: Lawrence Date: June 7, 2002 at 10:02:31 Pacific
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Why would you want to install XP on both harddrives of the same PC??? Most people would do something like Win2000 on one and XP on the other or Win98 on one and XP on the other...
Lawrence
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Response Number 3
Name: candy Date: June 7, 2002 at 10:14:35 Pacific
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i just got the second hard drive and would like to install xp on it, then transfer files from the first HD. to it, and reformat the first HD .
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Response Number 4
Name: mikeO Date: June 7, 2002 at 10:23:07 Pacific
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Install XP on one HDD then copy it to the other HDD using a program such as PowerQuest's Drive Image. It also does a phenomenal job of backing up partitions too. I've been using it for about five years and it has saved my a** too many times to count.
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Response Number 5
Name: Steve Date: June 7, 2002 at 10:42:53 Pacific
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I have been ghosting a second drive for backup. But with XP I can't because of activation. Thanks gates!
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Response Number 6
Name: Steve Date: June 7, 2002 at 11:19:21 Pacific
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mikeO, Will Powerquest DriveImage copy the activation, or do you have to reactivate? What version works with XP? Thanks,
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Response Number 7
Name: Dick Johnson Date: June 7, 2002 at 15:34:57 Pacific
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Steve: "Drive Image 2002" will clone XP with activation to another drive. Read about it first on the PowerQuest web site. It works within windows where it can, and then makes a "ramdrive floppy" for what it must do in DOS. It boots to this ram disk, finishes it's job, and reboots into windows XP. SLICK!
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