Hi Jim, On Tuesday 09 January 2007 21:43, Jim Poer inscribed thus: > Thanks Derrick, but I'm sitting here looking at the screen that > asks me if I want to activate or not. Just sitting here looking at > it knowing I screwed up....... Too late to ghost anything as it > cannot go back into the original machine as the MB has a big fried > hole in it!
You have the original disk and the other, bigger disk. Just ghost the original disk. Swap disks Ghost the image onto the bigger disk. Or have I misunderstood ?? > My two pennyworth ! > > <http://www.efn.no/free-desktop.html> > > With the XP series' Product Activation the user has been made > dependent on the software company's service in order to install his > or her working tool on his or her own personal computer. It is > really odd that this aspect has seldom been brought to the fore, > even if forced registration or/and activation means that the user > cannot install and use the program(s) independent of the software > company. > > This means that the software company has effectively taken control > of the machine. When the activation/registration service is > unavailable, the program version one has is no longer supported, or > the company for some reason refuses to authorise the installation, > one has paid for a bunch of useless code, and the machine will be > unusable. -- > > If it were me I would just ghost the Compq 1 (Small disk) and image > it to the large disk. Then put the large disk into cpmpaq 1 ! -- Best regards: Derrick. Pontefract Linux Users Group. plug at play-net.co.uk -- ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
