Reinstall of Windows XP

I am wanted to replace my old harddrive with a new one. The one I wish to remove has my WIndows XP Home installation on it.

When I replace the new drive, will I be able to reinstall, activate and continue to use my WIndows XP (updates etc) on the new drive without any problems? I have a legit Windows XP Home SP2 upgrade CD, but am not sure if I will be faced with problems, inconveniences.

Thanks in advance for any guidance, suggestions and passed along knowledge and experiences!

 

hair2short

Yes you can, but you might not have to.

When I purchased a new hard drive a couple of years ago, it came with a
utility that lets you "clone" the old drive to the new drive ( western digital) .

Just install the new drive as "D" and install the software on "C" and clone it.
After you are done, switch the cables and make the new drive "Câ€

Worked great on my system

Sven

 

Thanks Sven ...

Thanks for your quick reply. Unfortunatey, I'm not installing a new drive ... it's an older bigger one from another computer.

I'm not sure, if I had the option, if I would clone or not. There is a possibility that there is so much malicious damage and inefficiencies, I'd prefer to start fresh.

I was just worried that because of Windows anti-piracy efforts that they would consider it a 2nd installation and deny me activation. Same computer, just different hardware (drive)