Swapping hard drives, single activation key
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Ok, here is the thing. I am using Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit on my laptop. Now I need a bigger hard drive (which I already ordered). The product key for my windows I got from my University. Now it is a SINGLE ACTIVATION key. It is extremely retarded but yes, you use the key once, its gone. Now I going to attempt ghosting the hdd via clonezilla and swapping the hard drive. My second option is using the windows backup and restore function (I already have a DVD using the ISO image which university provides). Now, I just want to know if windows backup and restore function requires a reactivation of windows or re-entering of the product key. Also, what about clonezilla? Does ghosting, in general, require reactivation?
Thanks guys! Any answers would be appreciated!
Actually I am not familiar with this kind of issue. If anyone on this forum is familiar with this, please share the experience.
What I know is Clonezilla will clone the system for you, but the MS windows might record some of the info about hardware…
Maybe you'd better to ring MS to ask about this issue.
Steven.