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Trouble with Boot Camp (disc problem)
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<blockquote data-quote="recon731" data-source="post: 561679" data-attributes="member: 45036"><p>Yes I have, many times. My MBP is using the CD-Key from my old Dell computer. I have NOT tried it with any version of Vista, but I know it works with XP. I've done it in the past when I've wanted to do a clean install to lose all that clutter that a PC comes with, or when updating the MB or HD.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I see that my comment about work may have lead you towards corporate/volume licensing, but corporate/volume licensing only applies to the key, yes the disk can be different but it still contains XP (whatever version) just the same.</p><p></p><p>I didn't want to have to go into super detail, but I will. If you have an OEM branded disk, chances are your Windows XP computer (which is required to make a slipstream disk), is the computer that your OEM disk came with. If you take that disk and then using nLite, or other programs if it suits you, take the Windows XP version from it and slipstream it with SP2, you are making your own disk. Since we are talking about Bootcamp and Macs here, you also need to remove those special updates that Dell (in my case) put on the OEM disk, which nLite does for you.</p><p></p><p>It is not against the EULA by any means.</p><p></p><p>On the subject of restore disks, if the restore disk has Windows XP on it, among the many other things, nLite can still isolate it.</p><p></p><p>If you think this breaks the EULA, then don't do it. I don't propose anyone breaks a EULA, there are hefty penalties for it.</p><p></p><p>I like keeping things simple, but having just moved to Colorado, I didn't know anyone from which I could borrow a disk. Hence after much searching I found nLite.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="recon731, post: 561679, member: 45036"] Yes I have, many times. My MBP is using the CD-Key from my old Dell computer. I have NOT tried it with any version of Vista, but I know it works with XP. I've done it in the past when I've wanted to do a clean install to lose all that clutter that a PC comes with, or when updating the MB or HD. I see that my comment about work may have lead you towards corporate/volume licensing, but corporate/volume licensing only applies to the key, yes the disk can be different but it still contains XP (whatever version) just the same. I didn't want to have to go into super detail, but I will. If you have an OEM branded disk, chances are your Windows XP computer (which is required to make a slipstream disk), is the computer that your OEM disk came with. If you take that disk and then using nLite, or other programs if it suits you, take the Windows XP version from it and slipstream it with SP2, you are making your own disk. Since we are talking about Bootcamp and Macs here, you also need to remove those special updates that Dell (in my case) put on the OEM disk, which nLite does for you. It is not against the EULA by any means. On the subject of restore disks, if the restore disk has Windows XP on it, among the many other things, nLite can still isolate it. If you think this breaks the EULA, then don't do it. I don't propose anyone breaks a EULA, there are hefty penalties for it. I like keeping things simple, but having just moved to Colorado, I didn't know anyone from which I could borrow a disk. Hence after much searching I found nLite. [/QUOTE]
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