Yes it can
The EULA says that you can use XP on ONE machine...by uninstalling from the
old/broken machine and reinstalling onto the new machine you are doing
that.You will have to reactivate on the new machine.If it will not let you
do this over the net use the phone option.It is painless albeit a bit
slow....I have had to do it 4 times.
peter
"fromidaho" <fromidaho.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5338EDCF-4664-4548-85A0-5BBF0858C257@microsoft.com...
>I had purchased a copy of XP Pro to rebuild a laptop due to hard-disk
>crash.
> The laptop is about to go dead again. Can the XP on the laptop be
> deactivated
> and reinstalled and activated on a brand new hardware? Thanks in advance.
> >> Stay informed about: De/Re-activate XP Pro