Add Windows partition to existing Ubuntu Partition

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----- "Odd" <iodine at runbox.no> wrote:

> Fred Roller wrote:
> > Odd wrote:
> >> Amedee Van Gasse (ub) wrote:
> >>   
> >>> On Mon, October 12, 2009 19:50, Lucio M Nicolosi wrote:
> >>>     
> >>>> - Of course, providing you have a true registration code number,
> no
> >>>>  need to even google for it, it would be much safer to get an
> >>>> original Win CD from a friend
> >>>>       
> >>> That would be illegal even if he has a valid license key.
> >>>     
> >> Here's another link about this:
> >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316941
> >>
> >> Notice this:
> >> "If you cannot find your Windows XP CD or you cannot contact your
> >> computer manufacturer, you may have to purchase a new copy of
> Windows XP."
> >>
> >> You MAY have to purchase. It doesn't say "you MUST". This implies
> >> that Microsoft, while not saying it outright, does not object to
> obtaining
> >> the installation media in other ways.
> >>
> >>   
> > You can usually re-order a cd for about $20 US from MS as long as
> you 
> > have your key.  Manufacturers usually have a similar deal if you
> bought 
> > a box.
> 
> Sure, but it's cheaper to borrow a CD from a friend.

Certainly true.  But it *may* be that the license key recognizes the particular CD or that different CDs even though they do not appear to be different are configured for different hardware. 

Here is why I say that:  My current box carries an XP pro license and installation XP Pro SP2 CD that came with it.  But that is not my only such CD; I have about 5 machines w/ various licenses.  When I went to install XP in a vbox virtual machine, I picked what I believed to be the correct disk, but they really all look alike.  When activation time came around, I assumed I would have to answer questions about whether I had "upgraded" my machine since the hardware profile had changed.  

The automated voice did ask one such question.  Then I had about six questions, plus some 'are you sure' repeats, about the CD and how many machines I have installed with that particular CD.  Eventually, I was ok'd and got an activation code.  But I thought it odd that MS programmed their regi-bot to be more interested in the CD itself than why the hardware profile  / license key combo that their system recognized had changed.  

BTW, IAAL and I know that what their document appears to say, and what MS lawyers think it says could be two different things and that no one in their right mind wants to have that conversation with them.  At least not an end user.

BTW-2  As always, YMMV.

--P