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Re: Does Pirated Windows Install on New Hard Drives?



TW wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 	I was trying to install a copy of Windows XP that I downloaded in 
> '06 onto my friend's mom's laptop computer, but it wouldn't take.  I bought her a 
> new hard drive (Seagate, 80GB) so that she could have more space.  However, when I 
> try to install the OS, I get an error message.  I can't remember it exactly, but it was 
> something about an NT dll error within a subdirectory of the System folder.
>
> 	The OS copy that I have installs just fine on this computer, but it's on a 
> hard drive from back in '06.  So, have hard drive manufacturers put something on their 
> hard drives now that prevent pirated Windows installations?  Or, is it that I just have 
> an outdated copy of Windows?  I wanted to know 1) so that I don't sound too much like a fool 
> when I have to explain this and 2) for increasing my knowledge.  Thank you.
>   

Dude, this mailing list is about Debian, not Windows, legalized copies
or not.

-- 
Doubt isn't the opposite of faith; it is an element of faith.
		-- Paul Tillich, German theologian and historian

Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
eduardo@kalinowski.com.br
http://move.to/hpkb


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