My mate has exchanged XP for x64 but is now having second thoughts

[McGraw]

What happens now if:

1: He stays with XP and never either reinstalls XP or installs x64?

2. He sticks with XP and ever needs to reinstall?

Will he ever be able to activate XP again?

Thanks very much.

[Richard M]

I thought they changed the licensing to allow dual booting but I could be wrong.

Possible way round this. 32 bit xp is activated as it is now.so create a norton ghost image if it now to use later if needed (ghost image will be activated so no need to reactivate)
once you have the ghost image partition hard drive (if you wish to dual boot on one hdd)and ghoat your 32 bit image back onto 1st partition ,then install 64 bit xp on second partition this will write to the 32bit boot ini allowing dual boot

once this has installed take another ghost image of 32 bit xp so you can easily ghost your 32 bit xp to either a dual boot or none dual boot configuration

[McGraw]

Thanks a lot, will pass the info on.