How to reinstall XP on RAID hds?

External Since: Jan 05, 2004 Posts: 141

I need to re-install XP on RAID haddrives. Do I reset the RAID volumes
or delete the volumes or what? I installed a pirated copy of XP and
now can't install service pack 1 because of "invalid product key". So
Ill go buy XP and start over. How do I re-install it?

External Since: Feb 13, 2004 Posts: 34

sdeyoreo.DeleteThis@hotmail.com wrote:

> I need to re-install XP on RAID haddrives. Do I reset the RAID volumes
> or delete the volumes or what? I installed a pirated copy of XP and
> now can't install service pack 1 because of "invalid product key". So
> Ill go buy XP and start over. How do I re-install it?

Well, I _believe_ there are utilities out there that will let you change
your product key, however I don't garauntee it. For the re-install
issue, the RAID hardware doesn't care about anything that is on
them(software wise). This means that you can just delete the partition
that windows is installed on, and then have the installation create a
new parition and format it and that will take care of everything.
WARNING: All of your data will be lost, destroyed, dead. So make sure
you backup ANYTHING you think you might want to keep.

Aaron