If I Clone then restore do I evads activation date???

If I have certain stuff on my C: drive that is activated like
Winxp/pro for instance and I image it to external usb drive,
later on I restore the image file, does that retain the original
activation process in tact???
Joe


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On Sun, 25 Mar 2007 12:00:34 -1000, Joseph Fenn <>
wrote:

>If I have certain stuff on my C: drive that is activated like
>Winxp/pro for instance and I image it to external usb drive,
>later on I restore the image file, does that retain the original
>activation process in tact???
> Joe


No.

I have an external PATA drive that is connected inside a USB
enclosure. I cloned the C drive using Acronis, and then removed the
PATA drive and replaced my C drive with it. Not only did Win XP
require reactivation, but a couple of programs refused to run without
being reactivated.

I contacted Acronis support and they told me my experience was
typical.


Charlie Hoffpauir
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/

If it's a true image backup and restore, yes. You don't evade anything,
but it's as if you had simply shut the machine off on the date of the
backup and then turned it back on on the date of the restore. IF
something had "expired" in the interim, it will still have expired.


Joseph Fenn wrote:
> If I have certain stuff on my C: drive that is activated like
> Winxp/pro for instance and I image it to external usb drive,
> later on I restore the image file, does that retain the original
> activation process in tact???
> Joe
>
>
> ************************************************** ************************
> * Ham since 1937 HiSchool Sophomore ex W9ZUU, KP4EX, W4FAG, KH6ARG KH6JF *
> * WW2 Vet since Sep 1940 to just After VJ day. US Signal Corps AACS *
> ************************************************** ************************
>
>
>

Yes, but you made changes to the system, including changing the hard
drive. The original inquiry described no such changes.

Windows knows what hard drive it's installed on. But a restore to the
same drive should not require a reactivation.

Charlie Hoffpauir wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Mar 2007 12:00:34 -1000, Joseph Fenn <>
> wrote:
>
>> If I have certain stuff on my C: drive that is activated like
>> Winxp/pro for instance and I image it to external usb drive,
>> later on I restore the image file, does that retain the original
>> activation process in tact???
>> Joe
>
>
> No.
>
> I have an external PATA drive that is connected inside a USB
> enclosure. I cloned the C drive using Acronis, and then removed the
> PATA drive and replaced my C drive with it. Not only did Win XP
> require reactivation, but a couple of programs refused to run without
> being reactivated.
>
> I contacted Acronis support and they told me my experience was
> typical.
>
>
> Charlie Hoffpauir
> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/

Barry,
Winxp/pro once activated does'nt set any expiration date like the
symantec Nortins anti-virus does. If you go to the "ACTIVATE"
screen it just tells you "Already activated" so am assuming that
would prevail on the image also.
Joe


************************************************** ************************
* Ham since 1937 HiSchool Sophomore ex W9ZUU, KP4EX, W4FAG, KH6ARG KH6JF *
* WW2 Vet since Sep 1940 to just After VJ day. US Signal Corps AACS *
************************************************** ************************

"Joseph Fenn" <> wrote in message
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> If I have certain stuff on my C: drive that is activated like
> Winxp/pro for instance and I image it to external usb drive,
> later on I restore the image file, does that retain the original
> activation process in tact???
> Joe

I've restored ghosted images several times and there is no activation
required. The same holds true for cloning to a different drive, I do that
almost weekly and always run off the clone and the 2 drives I use are
different sizes.