Re: Re: Need Help. MS license no good on my backup

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Date: 03/02/04 

Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 12:27:57 GMT

On Tue, 2 Mar 2004 14:10:47 +0200, "Rudi D" <tomorrowguy @hotmail.com>
wrote:

>Hi.
>
>This problem is caused by the fact that the Hardware ID on your second hard
>drive is not the same as the one on your first Hard drive so Windows cannot
>verify the License because the Hardware hash is not the same as the original
>Hash that was used to activate the product.
>
>You will need to run an in-place upgrade or repair install on your backup
>disk before it will run.
>
>According to MS this problem is by design apparently there are some hard
>coded paths to C:\windows that may cause some systems to fail.
>
>Hope this is helpful
>
>Rudi
>
Rudi - thanks for response. I think I can do a 'repair install', but
a 'in-place upgrade' bothers me.

Internet site
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/xp_in_place_upgrade.htm

says:

   1. From Windows insert the XP CD into the CD player.
   2. Choose install
   3. Select upgrade
   4. Follow prompts and when asked for CD key, supply a valid CD key.
   5. Continue setup to completion and activate over the internet if
necessary.
   6. All updates and hot fixes will need to be reapplied.

What worries me is that (1) if I activate over the web (again!), then
will my first HD then work if I switch back? (2) What then? Will my
first HD no longer run? If not, that is a terrible situation! If I
do that activate, all I am trying to do is VERIFY that my backup is
valid before I store it on a shelf to use if and when. (3) Repeating
all the updates and hot fixes seems awful as well. After all, I
already did all that once! (4) Lastly, this backup worked flawlessly
a week ago with the SAME HDDs!

H e l p!

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