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Anonymous   05-05-2005 at 03:30:04 PM

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It looks like I will not be able to recover the hard drive on the laptop.
So it will be reinstall.
Does this mean I have to call MS to reissue the key??
Thanks

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bar   05-05-2005 at 04:30:02 PM
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Laptops usually cme with a 'Recovery Disk Set' which will reimage a hard
drive to 'factory fresh state'.

It may require that you have an identical drive or one very similar in order
for the recovery disk to work: check with the manufacturer for any potential
problems when using larger capacity or drive from other than original
supplier.

Once reinstalled it may not require activation. If it does: you should not
have any problrms with reactivation.

If you have XP as full retail version then you should have no issues at all.

In either case: even if there are errors reported during the activation
process, you can call Microsoft and speak with a representative and they'll
fix you up.

"BrianMultiLanguage" wrote:

> It looks like I will not be able to recover the hard drive on the laptop.
> So it will be reinstall.
> Does this mean I have to call MS to reissue the key??
> Thanks
>

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Anonymous   05-05-2005 at 04:35:02 PM
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Thanks.
All is not lost.

"BAR" wrote:

> Laptops usually cme with a 'Recovery Disk Set' which will reimage a hard
> drive to 'factory fresh state'.
>
> It may require that you have an identical drive or one very similar in order
> for the recovery disk to work: check with the manufacturer for any potential
> problems when using larger capacity or drive from other than original
> supplier.
>
> Once reinstalled it may not require activation. If it does: you should not
> have any problrms with reactivation.
>
> If you have XP as full retail version then you should have no issues at all.
>
> In either case: even if there are errors reported during the activation
> process, you can call Microsoft and speak with a representative and they'll
> fix you up.
>
> "BrianMultiLanguage" wrote:
>
> > It looks like I will not be able to recover the hard drive on the laptop.
> > So it will be reinstall.
> > Does this mean I have to call MS to reissue the key??
> > Thanks
> >

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