re: WinXP & Drive Image 2002
Thursday, April 27, 2006 at 4:36 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by DJ
(7 messages posted)
hey installing on the same or another drive from a backup .pqi copy created from
drive image WORKS in xp, even if you have changed the HARD DRIVE OUT. a CD backup
will work, as will a restore from another partition on the same drive. as to the
key stuff you gripe about... well a valid install stays valid no matter the number
of times you reinstall with the key, most folks think that IF they can't complete
the AUTOMATED activation at microsoft, the key is dead, or something. GO AHEAD AND
LET THE AUTOMATED system CONNECT you with a microsoft represenative, they will verbally
validate the install. all they may ask now-a-days is what kind of computer is this
install going on (am sure this is for future reference). (IF YOU HAVE REPLACED THE
MOTHERBOARD MAYBE THE KEY WILL BE INVALID, BUT NOT NECESSARILY?) Lawd, the intimidation
factor, of being told that the key can't be automatically validated, and you have
to speak to someone has proably SOLD more copies of UPGRADE than necessary. That
key isn't dead, they just want to keep things sorta honest.
(but STILL you can't make rescue disks for di 2002 v6 in windows xp.)
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