Drive Image File Restoration and Activation

[admiral_victory@iol.ie]

I Updated XP Pro from W2K Pro several weeks ago and Activated the XP
Pro Application several days afterwards.

However , before Activation , I created a Drive Image File of the C:\
drive and now , due to problems , I have re-installed this Image File.
As a result , the PC is telling me that I will need to re-activate XP
as it now thinks this has not yet been done .

Before I attempt to do this , can anyone tell me whether this will be
a problem or not ? I hope not , as I frequently tweak things on my PC
and relied heavily in the past , (with W2K) , on Drive Image to return
me to the previous state if anything goes " belly up " as a result of
my changes.

B.N.

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Won't be a problem, but to avoid the hassle, you might want to make an image
of an activated system for the next time.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

> wrote in message
...
> I Updated XP Pro from W2K Pro several weeks ago and Activated the XP
> Pro Application several days afterwards.
>
> However , before Activation , I created a Drive Image File of the C:\
> drive and now , due to problems , I have re-installed this Image File.
> As a result , the PC is telling me that I will need to re-activate XP
> as it now thinks this has not yet been done .
>
> Before I attempt to do this , can anyone tell me whether this will be
> a problem or not ? I hope not , as I frequently tweak things on my PC
> and relied heavily in the past , (with W2K) , on Drive Image to return
> me to the previous state if anything goes " belly up " as a result of
> my changes.
>
> B.N.
>
>
>
>

[admiral_victory@iol.ie]

On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 22:40:23 -0500, "Rick \"Nutcase\" Rogers"
> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Won't be a problem, but to avoid the hassle, you might want to make an image
>of an activated system for the next time.

Thanks. Good idea .

I actually thought of that just after my post !! - I should think
before engaging brain - with all the free friendly advice around on
the N.G's I get very lazy <g>

B.N.