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Tim042
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If i have a Windows 7 computer that is happily running with its own installed drive and the Key activated and i swap out another C drive from a different PC into it with the same OS type, will nothing happen OR will it only ask for "click" to activate or fully lock up and tell me to call MS as it detected wrong drive?
And If i don't ring them or do anything but swap the correct drive back in, will it reactivate now and all be good again or stay deactivated?
I ask these questions as I have a number of same computers with their own activated Keys and if mine was to fail, i could at least temporarily swap my C drive into another PC with same M/B (diff serial number) and would it detect different C drive even if all the drivers should work as hardware is basically the same?
Yes, I understand to fully have Comp B working right, i would have to "migrate" that C drive and its programs to match the new computer, but temporarily until i do all that, would it cause a MS key conflict as...
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And If i don't ring them or do anything but swap the correct drive back in, will it reactivate now and all be good again or stay deactivated?
I ask these questions as I have a number of same computers with their own activated Keys and if mine was to fail, i could at least temporarily swap my C drive into another PC with same M/B (diff serial number) and would it detect different C drive even if all the drivers should work as hardware is basically the same?
Yes, I understand to fully have Comp B working right, i would have to "migrate" that C drive and its programs to match the new computer, but temporarily until i do all that, would it cause a MS key conflict as...
Read more
windowsforum.net