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Originally Posted by '97ventureowner
Just curious, if I had to, could I use the restore disk that came with my computer, (Dell Dimension 4400 XP from 2002) on my son's computer, (Dell E310 with Windows XP Media Center Edition 2006)? They are both XP but I'm not sure it would work because my son's is probably more updated and a different version of the same OS.
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well it doesn't matter if an XP version is newer or not, or even if its a different version (except for the features). With updates XP is XP. There are no major updates except for the XP 64 bit wich is based on the 2003 server kernel.
However, it will most likelly not work since that restore disk most likely has drivers set up by the oem to work with your system. Plus if it needs to activate it will not work upon detecting different hardware.
Bes solution is to call the oem and ask for a restore disk, or an the windows licence they sold you.
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