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Post-cloning of OS hard drive Windows Genuine nag screen issue
Greetings.
I have on my laptop (a thinkpad, from Lenovo) Windows 7 Professional, obtained via something called "MSDN Alliance" and my university.
A few weeks ago, I finally had the opportunity to upgrade my hard drive. Thus, I placed the new disk in a USB case, plugged it in via USB, and performed a disk clone via a software from a company called EASUS.
I then removed the old disk, placed the new one in its location (that is, inside the laptop), and removed the USB equipment. Good as new, I though.
And everything appears to be working fine -- except the "nag screen" that seemingly randomly pops up out of nowhere and tells me that I am using a (I don't recall the text exactly at this moment) less that legal/legitimate installation of Windows.
I can check if Windows has been activated -- and it has (of course, I did this after having installed it) (i.e., on the "old" disk).
I have tried searching for solutions, however I only find issues when similar clonings have changed the drive letters.
This is not the issue here, i.e. the "Windows partition" is still "C:".
Any suggestions?
Thank you
Olof Antonsson
Sweden