Regardless of the functionality, this is illegal. Most peopel don't realize it (I didn't know until about two months ago) that the OEM copy of WindowsXP that came with this computer, designated by a sticker with a license key on it, must always stay only with this computer and never go to another. If I take this computer and throw it in a trash, incinerate it, and send it to the moon, I'm still not allowed to use that OEM license to install WinXP on another machine.
--Ed