Hi,
 
well... not really.Each xp disc is specific to the KEY printed on the machine(or the win book) along with which the xp disc came.
 
So in your case your xp disc KEY is specific to the key printed on YOUR MACHINE and not on the other machine
 
Therefore you will have to get his xp disc to get going .
 
There are ways to get around but they are ILLEGAL and not recommended.
 
sorry....
 
venkat

 
 
 
> Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2013 13:21:27 -0500
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [PCSOFT] REINSTALL XP
> To: [log in to unmask]
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> Hi,
> 
> I have a question about a Dell machine running XP.
> Machine is about 7 years old and the owner does not have his disk any longer
> I tried to put my xp disk into the machine, and it did start to install everything, however when I put in the xp numbers on the side of his machine, it said those numbers are invalid. I thought that you could use any xp disk as long as you use the same numbers without changing any hardware? Do i need to use an older disk, one made during the years of his computer. I know I have disks with sp 2 and some with sp3, on them.
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
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