Need help to install XP!

I recently bought a laptop from a friend and it seems that the current copy of XP is not a valid copy. I went through a few other installation CD and found one who happens to have the product key with it. (YES) However, the disc came with another computer that is be another brand: Old is a Dell and the new is a Compaq. Now on disk it says clearly that the disc is for a Dell but it is not the same that would be installed on any other system? I mean it's all windows, right?

Help, please! :(
Thank you
Shirleu

You must have a Windows XP disc for your computer - no, Windows is not Windows, not at this level.  Most of the restoration or recovery discs are altered factory so they only work on the brand or model of the computer, so that they were made.  So, unless you have a disk for your brand and model or a flat retail Windows with its own key, you can not you have knit.

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