Unregistered Dell XP reinstall disk?

[pcrobot]

Serial number should be like: 16 digints: Nyytt g6ggy xx7y7 mcmct lg67y (this is only a random example). It should say serial number on the holographic CD icon on the CD cover. Look.....lets make this simple. Tell your friend....bring over the CD. If it installs and I can activate it I'll buy it. If I get the message "for use only with a Dell computer" at setup say, "no thanks".......OK?

The thing is... *cough*I already bought it*cough*
I could try to install it, and if it doesn't work, I could get my money back. Is it possible to install XP on a partition? If so, would my PII 400Mhz, 256 RAM, 5GB partition, handle it ok, to see if it would work?
Thanks! :nerd:

 

[Osiris]

can you explore the cd and name the files that are in it? Here are the ones in mine:


XP PRO SP2

CPMNENTS
DOCS
I386
SUPPORT
VALUEADD
AUTORUN.INF
README.HTM
SETUP.EXE
SETUPXP.HTM
WIN51
WIN51IP
WIN51IP.SP2


XP PRO WITHOUT ANY SERVICE PACK

DOCS
I386
SUPPORT
VALUEADD
AUTORUN.INF
README.HTM
SETUP.EXE
WIN51
WIN51IP

 

[Ste]

Why would u want a dell XP disc anyways theres so much crap on it.. and XP home is 90 Bucks OEM on newegg. + or - a few dollars.

 

[pcrobot]

It has:

$oem$
Docs
Dotnetfx
l386
Support
Valueadd
Autorun.INF
Readme.htm
Setup.exe
spnotes.htm
Win51
Win51ic
Win51.sp1

Does that help?

 

[dnoch]

I hate to say it, but if you have a PII 400MHz, XP is going to be very slow. It is better to stick with whatever you have at the moment, I think your spec is below even microsoft's min.

 

[pcrobot]

I hate to say it, but if you have a PII 400MHz, XP is going to be very slow. It is better to stick with whatever you have at the moment, I think your spec is below even microsoft's min.

Actually, it meets the requirements... (At least according to talldude123) I just want to see if it will work on a non-Dell pc. I want to keep Windows 98 on this PII, XP is for my upcoming build. Want I want to know is, can I install XP on a 2-3GB HDD partition? (My 40GB HDD is divided into 4 partitions: 20GB for Windows 98, 9GB for Linux, 5.5GB empty used as storage, and another 5.5GB empty used as storage.)

 

[RicoDirenzo]

yes...you can install in on a 3 gig partition.

 

[pcrobot]

yes...you can install in on a 3 gig partition.

Would that be a good way to test it?

 

[Lonewolf5460]

yes it would

 

[pcrobot]

yes it would

Even on a pc with 98SE dual-booting with Linux? Does XP configure that?