We bought two identical PC's from my wife's former employer when they shut down. Nice units, and each came loaded with Vista version 6002.
About 6 months ago we started running into a hardware issue with the PC she was using (it kept shutting off at random) so I simply swapped her HD into the spare unit (saved having to transfer everything over) at which point we started getting a message that a hardware change had been detected and that the OS was invalid. We did take the Vista disk with us when we bought the units, but for the life of us we can't find it, so I have no way of trying to re-enter the registration. Simply put, does swapping a HD over invalidate your license, or am I running into some other kind of glitch?
Thanks
About 6 months ago we started running into a hardware issue with the PC she was using (it kept shutting off at random) so I simply swapped her HD into the spare unit (saved having to transfer everything over) at which point we started getting a message that a hardware change had been detected and that the OS was invalid. We did take the Vista disk with us when we bought the units, but for the life of us we can't find it, so I have no way of trying to re-enter the registration. Simply put, does swapping a HD over invalidate your license, or am I running into some other kind of glitch?
Thanks
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