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Cloning Drives Problem

Dec 9, 2003 10:27PM PST

I recently upgraded the motherboard, processor, and memory. Since I had XP OS, i did the repair install. After that I had to reactivate XP on line, which was no problem. I have since cloned my drive with DriveImage, and just to make sure that in an emergency I would be able to swap out the drives, I booted up with the cloned drive. Just as the desktop was to come up, It said that extensive changes were made to my system and that I would have to reactivate in 3 days. I put my original drive back in and there were no messages. I thought that when you cloned a drive, it would be exactly like the original. Is this not true?

Thank You Bob H.

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Re:Cloning Drives Problem
Dec 9, 2003 10:53PM PST

XP's copy protection considers a hard disk change to require a re-activation.

The copy is exact, but the hardware change set off Microsoft's trip-wire.

Bob

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Re:Cloning Drives Problem
Dec 9, 2003 11:46PM PST
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Re:Re:Cloning Drives Problem
Dec 10, 2003 1:44AM PST

I read that, but this backup was made after I did the repair install and the reactivation.

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NT - Any concernable differences perhaps?
Dec 10, 2003 2:05AM PST

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Re:NT - Any concern able differences perhaps?
Dec 10, 2003 3:22AM PST

The only thing I can think of is that I have removable drives in my 5 1/4 bays. I have my regular C drive, and my D drive is music and photos, and my backup is in my desk. When I do my backups I replace the D dive with my backup to have it cloned with DriveImage.

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NT - Compare those two 'files' only. I really believe this is the situation.
Dec 10, 2003 6:53AM PST

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Re:NT - Compare those two 'files' only. I really believe this is the situation.
Dec 10, 2003 7:02AM PST

Which two files only? The whole disk?

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Dropping the hint again. The drive is a key item in the machine's configuration.
Dec 10, 2003 7:29AM PST

In one of the XP Embedded seminars I attended, it was "the" item that XP Embedded locked itself onto for it's activation.

You may be flustered over XP's activation, but when you changed that hard disk and booted from it, you may see XP want to re-activate.

This is not a file issue.

Bob