You cannot activate Windows 8 if you do a clean install from the win 8 upgrade disk. You receive the following message when you attempt to activate:
So if my hdd went awol and needed to re-install on a clean/new hdd. Under these circumstances you wouldn't be allowed to reinstall with the original product key.
The answer is of course that one needs to retain a disk image of the original install after an upgrade, but like many other professionals we prefer clean installs rather than upgrades. Then what does one do after service packs come out? Wouldn't be able to slipstream them.
Do we love Microsoft?
Software Licensing Service determined specific product key can only be used for upgrading and not for a clean install.
So if my hdd went awol and needed to re-install on a clean/new hdd. Under these circumstances you wouldn't be allowed to reinstall with the original product key.
The answer is of course that one needs to retain a disk image of the original install after an upgrade, but like many other professionals we prefer clean installs rather than upgrades. Then what does one do after service packs come out? Wouldn't be able to slipstream them.
Do we love Microsoft?
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- win xp win vista win 7 win 8 win 8.1
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- CPU
- q6600
- Motherboard
- ga-ep35c-ds3r
- Memory
- 4gb
- Graphics Card(s)
- nvidia 7200