Flogger23m Posted October 14, 2015 Posted October 14, 2015 Does adding a new slave SSD use an activation? It is not a boot/OS drive. I am going to clone my old SSD onto the new one, format the old SSD, then use that as an additional game drive. I fear this will use up 2 activations. Or does deactivating all my DCS products prevent activation loss?
cichlidfan Posted October 14, 2015 Posted October 14, 2015 Messing with slave drives 'should not' use an activation but, deactivating will prevent you from losing an activation. ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup:
Flogger23m Posted October 15, 2015 Author Posted October 15, 2015 Messing with slave drives 'should not' use an activation but, deactivating will prevent you from losing an activation. Thanks. I will deactivate as a per-caution.
Flogger23m Posted October 22, 2015 Author Posted October 22, 2015 Is there a correct method to deactivate products? I deactivated before before installing the SSD, and now each product has at least 1 less activation (some more than that). I just deactivated them again because I am going to clone my Win install to the new SSD, so it looks like I'll loose at least 1-2 activations. I don't see why we should bother to deactivate if you loose 1-2 activations when you do it? Worried that eventually I'll run out, only to have to wait a month to use the products I paid for. And even worse, if I use an activation immediately after the one month wait period and get reset to zero. ED should reconsider their DRM practices, IMO. Maybe give us an activation a month before we hit zero so the chances of us having to wait weeks to utilize our paid content is less of a concern. I know I'll be upgrading my OS and hardware again in the next few months, so the reality of me being locked out of my software is very real.
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