Delete everything and Formatting C:/

Dear All,

I will Delete everything and Format my C:/ drive.

In XP I could do this without a problem
every 3 months.
In Vista in how many months I could do the above
without getting the risk of Microsoft rejecting my
Vista product key?

Thanks in advance for your help,

Carlos.

carlos;520828 Wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I will Delete everything and Format my C:/ drive.
>
> In XP I could do this without a problem every 3 months.
> In Vista in how many months I could do the above
> without getting the risk of Microsoft rejecting my
> Vista product key?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help,
>
> Carlos.

As long as you use the same product key on the same computer everytime,
you can re-format and re-install as often as you like. The activation
problem comes in if you make major changes to the computer, such as
Motherboard, CPU, etc...

Although that does beg the question : Why would you want to reload so
often?


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"dzomlija" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> carlos;520828 Wrote:
>> Dear All,
>>
>> I will Delete everything and Format my C:/ drive.
>>
>> In XP I could do this without a problem every 3 months.
>> In Vista in how many months I could do the above
>> without getting the risk of Microsoft rejecting my
>> Vista product key?
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your help,
>>
>> Carlos.
>
> As long as you use the same product key on the same computer everytime,
> you can re-format and re-install as often as you like. The activation
> problem comes in if you make major changes to the computer, such as
> Motherboard, CPU, etc...
>
> Although that does beg the question : Why would you want to reload so
> often?
>
>
> --
> dzomlija
>
> ____________________________________
> Peter Alexander Dzomlija
> Do you hear, huh? The Alpha and The Omega? Death and Rebirth? -And as
> you die, so shall I be Reborn-...
>
> - ASUS A8N32-SLI-Deluxe
> - AMD Atlon 64 Dual-Core 4800+
> - 4GB DDR400
> - ASUS nVidia 6600
> - Thermaltake Tai-Chi Watercooled Chassis
> - 1207GB Total Formatted Storage
> - Vista Ultimate x64
> - CodeGear Delphi 2007'http://dzomlija.spaces.live.com/'
> (http://dzomlija.spaces.live.com/)

*If* Windows will not accept your Key via automatic Activiation, all you
have to do then is set aside 10 minutes of your time to call the 1-800
number.

I've had Windows not accept my key, but a quick phone call was all that was
needed to get it working again.

Microsoft has people sitting there 24/7 to take Activation phone calls.



"carlos" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> Dear All,
>
> I will Delete everything and Format my C:/ drive.
>
> In XP I could do this without a problem every 3 months.
> In Vista in how many months I could do the above
> without getting the risk of Microsoft rejecting my
> Vista product key?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help,
>
> Carlos.

Carlos;
You can reinstall and activate everyday if you want just like you can
with windows XP.

As long as the hardware and Product Key are the same, internet
activation should work.
If not choose the option to activate by phone and call Microsoft at
the displayed number for your region, typically done in under 10
minutes.
All very similar to Windows XP.

However that raises the question of why reinstall every 3 months?
Normally your computer should be fine for years without a
reinstallation.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


"carlos" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> Dear All,
>
> I will Delete everything and Format my C:/ drive.
>
> In XP I could do this without a problem every 3 months.
> In Vista in how many months I could do the above
> without getting the risk of Microsoft rejecting my
> Vista product key?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help,
>
> Carlos.

On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:01:17 +0200, "carlos" <>
wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> I will Delete everything and Format my C:/ drive.
>
> In XP I could do this without a problem
> every 3 months.


No, you could do it as often as you wanted to--every day if you like.
If you didn't do it more often than every 90 days, you could
reactivate over the internet; if it's before 90 days, you have to
activate by a quick and easy telephone call, but either way works.


> In Vista in how many months I could do the above
> without getting the risk of Microsoft rejecting my
> Vista product key?


It's exactly the same in Vista. There is no such risk. The only issue,
as with XP, is whether internet activation works or telephone
activation is required.

By the way, reformatting and reinstalling every three months (or on
any schedule) is *enormous* overkill, either in XP or Vista. If you do
a decent job of maintaining your system, reinstallation should *never*
be required, unless you run up against a severe problem that normal
troubleshooting can't solve. I've run Windows 3.0, 3.1, WFWG 3.11,
Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Vista,
each for the period of time before the next version came out, and each
on two machines here. I never reinstalled any of them, and I have
never had anything more than an occasional minor problem.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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Here is some info recently made available by Microsoft about the activation
process for Windows Vista.

http://community.winsupersite.com/bl...ctivation.aspx

On another note - I have had Vista Ultimate installed on my desktop and
laptop for several months now and have never had to do a clean install like
I used to do every 6 months or so with XP. Vista seems to maintain its
performance better IMHO.

Hope this helps.


--
Richard Hay
http://WindowsObserver.com


"carlos" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> Dear All,
>
> I will Delete everything and Format my C:/ drive.
>
> In XP I could do this without a problem every 3 months.
> In Vista in how many months I could do the above
> without getting the risk of Microsoft rejecting my
> Vista product key?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help,
>
> Carlos.

I think I have a similar problem. My Toshiba notebook developed wireless
problems (they replaced the wireless card today). Prior to this, I believe I
may have damaged the vista OS eith so many trials and errors. So I want to
format the drive and use the product recovery DVD. I have removed all my data
and app. software. When I try to format the drive, Vista stops me out. In
other words, I want to start over. Is this wise and any help and advice?
Thanks. Norm.

"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" wrote:

> Carlos;
> You can reinstall and activate everyday if you want just like you can
> with windows XP.
>
> As long as the hardware and Product Key are the same, internet
> activation should work.
> If not choose the option to activate by phone and call Microsoft at
> the displayed number for your region, typically done in under 10
> minutes.
> All very similar to Windows XP.
>
> However that raises the question of why reinstall every 3 months?
> Normally your computer should be fine for years without a
> reinstallation.
>
> --
> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
> http://www.dts-l.org
>
>
> "carlos" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
> > Dear All,
> >
> > I will Delete everything and Format my C:/ drive.
> >
> > In XP I could do this without a problem every 3 months.
> > In Vista in how many months I could do the above
> > without getting the risk of Microsoft rejecting my
> > Vista product key?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your help,
> >
> > Carlos.
>
>

Forgot to say, how can I get around being "stopped out" by Vista when I try
to format.
Norm.

"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" wrote:

> Carlos;
> You can reinstall and activate everyday if you want just like you can
> with windows XP.
>
> As long as the hardware and Product Key are the same, internet
> activation should work.
> If not choose the option to activate by phone and call Microsoft at
> the displayed number for your region, typically done in under 10
> minutes.
> All very similar to Windows XP.
>
> However that raises the question of why reinstall every 3 months?
> Normally your computer should be fine for years without a
> reinstallation.
>
> --
> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
> http://www.dts-l.org
>
>
> "carlos" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
> > Dear All,
> >
> > I will Delete everything and Format my C:/ drive.
> >
> > In XP I could do this without a problem every 3 months.
> > In Vista in how many months I could do the above
> > without getting the risk of Microsoft rejecting my
> > Vista product key?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your help,
> >
> > Carlos.
>
>