Re: WOW! Registration Key No Longer Valid
- From: Big_Mack1 <BigMack1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 20:08:02 -0700
Great! Glad it worked. You said:
"Terry Smythe" wrote:
"Also the reinstall did not touch
the few files I had left in the C:
drive. I normally put all my files
in other drives/partitions."
That's a very good practice. I use a seperate disk to store all of my data
files and backup files. An extra disk (for data storage) is always better
than a partitioned system drive because if the main drive motor simply fails,
everything on the extra partition is also lost. Once I started structuring
the spare disk with various folders for each program's data, it really wasn't
a very big deal. When you save a file, Windows will ask you for a filename
and location. Once that file is stored, it will go back to the same location
that you originally designated.
Take care and keep your Anti-virus software updated and your system backed up.
Cheers!
Mack
"Terry Smythe" wrote:
"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <jones_jupiter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message.
news:%2361nwQpVGHA.3760@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
If the key worked before, it will now.
Most interesting. I tried to do a clean install on a spare drive, and
same "invalid key" error message. Character size, in this case, is not an
issue. I have only one original WinXP disk (SP2) and only one registration
key in reasonably large characters affixed to the big triple folder.
So tried a second time to do a "repair". Most confusing that "repair"
appears twice, with the first one simply dropping me to a C: prompt, asking
what I want to do next, with no option to backup to a previous dialog box.
The second one is the real "repair", went through the routine of overwriting
most all files, with no damage to my settings, finally working its way down
to final step, to my surprise, asking me for my registration key. WHY?
Only a repair to an existing installation.
Following the lengthy "repair", the invalid key error message
appeared........groan......... Why wasn't the registration key asked for
up front? Monumental aggravation!
So I finally bit the bullet and did a clean install in my main c: drive.
After finally getting down to the final task, it once again asked me for my
registration key, and this time it took it. The UP side is that I'm back
in business. The DOWN side is that I spent better part of the weekend
reinstalling 20 gigs of software.
The reinstall wiped out WinXP's previous knowledge of all my software,
albeit leaving all their files alone. Also the reinstall did not touch the
few files I had left in the C: drive. I normally put all my files in
other drives/partitions.
Appreciate all the discussion from others emerging from this most
aggravating adventure. Why has Microsoft made it so difficult to reinstall
WinXP? All previous versions, no trick at all to reinstall with no loss
of settings and installation links.
Regards,
Terry Smythe
Winnipeg, Canada
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