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June 14th, 2008
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| lvl 63 Bargain Hunter  Join Date: Jul 2007
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|  Windows activation question. Suppose I've made a backup drive image of a hdd that contains an activated windows XP. If I format the primary drive and restore said formatted drive to the aforementioned image, will the XP instance already be activated, or will I need to reactivate? For the record, I am in no way trying to "dodge" activation, it's more of a hypothetical question. =). Thanks   |
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June 14th, 2008
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| Colonel Calamity  | Re: Windows activation question. yes it should come back already activated as that information is stored in the backed up registry  Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members.  |
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June 14th, 2008
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| lvl 63 Bargain Hunter Join Date: Jul 2007
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| Re: Windows activation question. Hmmm. Thanks =). If it'll indeed preserve the registry perfectly, that would keep one from having to reinstall games that require registry entries for only the fact. |
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June 15th, 2008
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| Functional Alcoholic  | Re: Windows activation question. Actually it depends on the type of backup you're restoring. If it's an image backup then yes everything will be just like it was before, if it's just a file backup then you might have to reactivate windows.   |
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