OK, I copied the I386 folder off the recovery partition of that dead IBM ThinkCentre A50, and successfully installed the WinXP OEM into the new PC from it.
Now all I need to do is to activate this re-install, which should fail according to M$ .... -- @~@ http://changmw.homeip.net / v \ May the Force and Farce be with you! Linux 2.6.23.1 /( _ )\ (Xubuntu 7.04) 13:56:01 up 9 days 16:22 ^ ^ 2 users load average: 0.01 0.04 0.00 news://news.3home.net news://news.hkpcug.org news://news.newsgroup.com.hk _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.

