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2006-04-08, 7:14 pm

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"beenthere" <Waiting@Home.com> wrote in message
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> "Pete" <Pete@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> 1. Acronis True Image.
> http://www.acronis.com/homecomputin...ucts/trueimage/
> for USA.
> www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000CO1FAI
> for UK.
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> 2. Norton Ghost.
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http://www.symantec.com/home_homeof...ery/ghost10/ind
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> My preference is Acronis, but Ghost is also good.
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Will Acronis restore preserve my "activation" of XP and office if I have to
restore?
-Pete



Al Dykes

2006-04-08, 7:14 pm

In article <oxgYf.1450$mu2.594@newssvr24.news.prodigy.net>,
<Pete@nospam.com> wrote:
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>"beenthere" <Waiting@Home.com> wrote in message
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>http://www.symantec.com/home_homeof...ery/ghost10/ind
>ex.html
>Will Acronis restore preserve my "activation" of XP and office if I have to
>restore?
>-Pete
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>
>



Yup, as long as you restore to the same machine. If you restore to a
new mobo, for instance, I expect you'll have to do an OS repair and
that will re-activiate if you've got a full reatsail copy of your OS.

It's not an issue if you Restore to a new disk.


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2006-04-08, 7:14 pm

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"Al Dykes" <adykes@panix.com> wrote in message
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> In article <oxgYf.1450$mu2.594@newssvr24.news.prodigy.net>,
> <Pete@nospam.com> wrote:
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>http://www.symantec.com/home_homeof...very/ghost10/in

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> Yup, as long as you restore to the same machine. If you restore to a
> new mobo, for instance, I expect you'll have to do an OS repair and
> that will re-activiate if you've got a full reatsail copy of your OS.
>
> It's not an issue if you Restore to a new disk.
>
>

Thanks. Makes sense to me.
-Pete



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