Activation and replacing a hard drive

[Howard Kaikow]

I was surprised to find that when I replaced a dead hard drive and restored
the OS to that drive, Office stated that I had to re-Activate, and both Word
and Excel did some install stuff first time I started each.

I thought that we could replace a hard drive without activation grief.

Do I really have to call MSFT on this?
What's the telephone number?

P.S. NAV 2004 also required that I activate, but that was resolved by just
connecting to the internet.

 

[Andi Cole]

I assume the original activation details are on the now dead disk, so new
activation codes are required. Can you not activate over the Internet?

Andi.

 

[Andi Cole]

I assume the original activation details are on the now dead disk, so new
activation codes are required. Can you not activate over the Internet?

Andi.

 

[Andi Cole]

I assume the original activation details are on the now dead disk, so new
activation codes are required. Can you not activate over the Internet?

Andi.

 

[Andi Cole]

I assume the original activation details are on the now dead disk, so new
activation codes are required. Can you not activate over the Internet?

Andi.

 

[Andi Cole]

I assume the original activation details are on the now dead disk, so new
activation codes are required. Can you not activate over the Internet?

Andi.

 

[Andi Cole]

I assume the original activation details are on the now dead disk, so new
activation codes are required. Can you not activate over the Internet?

Andi.

 

[Andi Cole]

I assume the original activation details are on the now dead disk, so new
activation codes are required. Can you not activate over the Internet?

Andi.

 

[Andi Cole]

I assume the original activation details are on the now dead disk, so new
activation codes are required. Can you not activate over the Internet?

Andi.

 

[Andi Cole]

I assume the original activation details are on the now dead disk, so new
activation codes are required. Can you not activate over the Internet?

Andi.

 

[Howard Kaikow]

I assume the original activation details are on the now dead disk, so new
activation codes are required. Can you not activate over the Internet?

The drive was restored, supposedly without loss of files.

I just clicked on Help | Activate product and a message stated that I was
already activated.

 

[Howard Kaikow]

I assume the original activation details are on the now dead disk, so new
activation codes are required. Can you not activate over the Internet?

The drive was restored, supposedly without loss of files.

I just clicked on Help | Activate product and a message stated that I was
already activated.

 

[Howard Kaikow]

I assume the original activation details are on the now dead disk, so new
activation codes are required. Can you not activate over the Internet?

The drive was restored, supposedly without loss of files.

I just clicked on Help | Activate product and a message stated that I was
already activated.

 

[Howard Kaikow]

I assume the original activation details are on the now dead disk, so new
activation codes are required. Can you not activate over the Internet?

The drive was restored, supposedly without loss of files.

I just clicked on Help | Activate product and a message stated that I was
already activated.

 

[Howard Kaikow]

I assume the original activation details are on the now dead disk, so new
activation codes are required. Can you not activate over the Internet?

The drive was restored, supposedly without loss of files.

I just clicked on Help | Activate product and a message stated that I was
already activated.

 

[Howard Kaikow]

I assume the original activation details are on the now dead disk, so new
activation codes are required. Can you not activate over the Internet?

The drive was restored, supposedly without loss of files.

I just clicked on Help | Activate product and a message stated that I was
already activated.

 

[Howard Kaikow]

I assume the original activation details are on the now dead disk, so new
activation codes are required. Can you not activate over the Internet?

The drive was restored, supposedly without loss of files.

I just clicked on Help | Activate product and a message stated that I was
already activated.

 

[Howard Kaikow]

I assume the original activation details are on the now dead disk, so new
activation codes are required. Can you not activate over the Internet?

The drive was restored, supposedly without loss of files.

I just clicked on Help | Activate product and a message stated that I was
already activated.

 

[Howard Kaikow]

I assume the original activation details are on the now dead disk, so new
activation codes are required. Can you not activate over the Internet?

The drive was restored, supposedly without loss of files.

I just clicked on Help | Activate product and a message stated that I was
already activated.