I reinstalled windows 7 (activated), can i restore files from a clone?

whs · 17 Dec 2013

Is this a Windows 7 OEM license or a retail license ?

antonio2501 · 17 Dec 2013

i think it's OEM.

it worked when i activated it with the new install.

whs · 17 Dec 2013

Usually you cannot reactivate an OEM license when the mobo changed. But if it worked, you were lucky.

mjf · 18 Dec 2013

whs said:

Usually you cannot reactivate an OEM license when the mobo changed. But if it worked, you were lucky.

Ditto.

antonio2501 · 18 Dec 2013

It seems my luck has run out. It's asking me to activate on my old account. What a shame. I guess i'm going to have to stick to the new install of windows, as that's the one that successfully updated. so should i make a backup of my unactivated account and store it to the new account. and if so, will everything be intact? thank you guys so much, for your help. if there's any way to donate or buy you a beer, it would be an honor. you saved me $100.00 USD. it's the least i can do.

Kaktussoft · 18 Dec 2013

antonio2501 said:

i'm afraid to activate, considering i activated with a new install of windows 7 on the same computer. thank you.

It's technically not the same computer anymore... you changed everything. Old Computer hardware will never boot anymore. What license did you have ... OEM or RETAIL?

antonio2501 · 18 Dec 2013

it did boot. any way i can show you?

Kaktussoft · 18 Dec 2013

antonio2501 said:

it did boot. any way i can show you?

It's booting now succesfully? Don't understand anymore

antonio2501 · 18 Dec 2013

its booting, just on another harddrive, using the same key, on the same computer.

antonio2501 · 18 Dec 2013

i'm going to try to back up my data/account and apply it to the harddrive that is currently activated. i'm worried that activating my other harddrive (my main hdd) the one i had a problem with in the first place, will just be denied activation.