reformating

[GAlen Sallomi]

I have a rather old (2 years) copy of xp home, and I am
feeling the need to reformat my hard drive. I still have
the cd, and the regestration/activation code, but before i
reformat, i was wondering if i need to reactivate my
computer after I reformat, and if there will be a problem
with activating the same key twice. does anyone know
anything about this?

tx a billion

[Chris Lanier]

You will have to re-activate but it should be fine. even if it says u cant
activate you just call Microsoft (take 5min) and they clear it so u can.

"GAlen Sallomi" > wrote in message
...
> I have a rather old (2 years) copy of xp home, and I am
> feeling the need to reformat my hard drive. I still have
> the cd, and the regestration/activation code, but before i
> reformat, i was wondering if i need to reactivate my
> computer after I reformat, and if there will be a problem
> with activating the same key twice. does anyone know
> anything about this?
>
> tx a billion