Re-Loading Win XP 1

[playingball]

Good Evening,

I have a loaded version of XP pro which I believe is not legal. I would like to purchase an upgrade version of XP (it's cheaper by half) and load it on top of my present version. Is this possible? - And will my files and e-mail be left intact in Outlook and Outlook Express. My present O/S is becoming a bit unstable. I run it on a Pent2 400 with about 300mb of ram.

appreciate any good ideas,

Grays

 

[electronicsfreak]

Yes that is possible and if you just do an install over it your programs and files will be left in tact as long as you dont do a complete clean install. Id reccomend with xp though upgrading your ram sometime to at least 512MB though.

 

[linney]

http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_legalize_my_windows_xp_installation.html

This mentions a program to just swap Product Keys.
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