Reinstall of OS

[deloy]

I had to reinstall my OS (win XP) due virus, havent changed any hardware, and the OS is the same. Now i have dual OS, one which was screwed up because of virus and the newly installed one. However, as i had to reinstall BS again, I am being asked for activation, is it possible to avoid activation on new OS, as I havent really changed anything, just reinstall of the same OS? If this sorts out, I will delete the old OS

 

Regards

[pitbull]

just enter you product key when prompted. If nothing has changed in your config, then no installation activation will be deducted.

 

Pitbull

[GhostDog]

P.S. you should probably go ahead and format your hard disk and start with a fresh XP install on a clean drive. It may save you headaches down the road.

[EtherealN]

Before OS reinstalls it is usually safest to deactivate. If you still have the old install in there I guess you could try copying the registry entries over, but this is not a guaranteed solution.

 

I'd say just go ahead and activate. If you run out you can get refills, anyhow.

[Nose Nuggets]

Two windows OS's can still transfer files between their partitions. It would behoove you to wipe the driver entirely and start fresh, less you risk re-infecting your system from the infected partition.

[deloy]

Thanx guys, i get that even if I go for activation from new OS install, online protection system will not cost me a new activation?

 

regards

 

Deloy

[deloy]

Got it to work!, just imported the reg keys from old install, thanx guys for the help,