Installing bundled XP on another PC

I bought VPC 7 bundled with XP Pro but the mac I installed it on has
given up its ghost. I'd like to install the licensed XP copy I have
on my intel imac using boot camp. Do I need some exotic extraction
process to convert the .vhd files on my VPC disks to usable XP install
disks or can I just borrow regular XP install disks from someone
and use the XP product key I got with VPC ? Will XP "phone home"
and flag the fact that this would be a second install? Are product
keys tied to the disks they came with?

Thanks for any help.

-Srikar

srikar wrote:
> I bought VPC 7 bundled with XP Pro but the mac I installed it on has
> given up its ghost. I'd like to install the licensed XP copy I have
> on my intel imac using boot camp. Do I need some exotic extraction
> process to convert the .vhd files on my VPC disks to usable XP install
> disks or can I just borrow regular XP install disks from someone
> and use the XP product key I got with VPC ? Will XP "phone home"
> and flag the fact that this would be a second install? Are product
> keys tied to the disks they came with?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> -Srikar



No. No. Yes.

The version of Windows that came with VPC can ONLY be used in VPC. It
states so in the EULA.