Call the telephone activation number and explain your situation. You will
not need to purchase another copy of Vista.
--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User]
rgharper@gmail.com
* NEW! Catch my blog ...
http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* The Website -
http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ...
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
"Dan Smith" <Dan
Smith@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AC542A77-5933-4412-98A7-7CD2D8661A8A@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
> I recently bought Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit system and installed in on
> my 120 GB hard drive. After the installation was complete I did that "rate
> my
> system" program and my hard drive was a 4 whereas everything else was 5.5.
> This made me decide to buy a new hard drive. I purchased a 500 GB hard
> drive
> that was rather costly (but worth it 
) which used a SATA connection
> rather
> than parallel. I connected the new drive and installed vista with ease. I
> went to activate windows but it says that it is in use! I understand that
> it
> is on my other hard drive but I have scrapped that one in favour of my new
> one (logical don't you think?). It's not as if I am using the same version
> of
> windows on two computers, since I will not be using the other hard drive.
> Could someone please give me some advice on what to do next, since I only
> bought vista 3 weeks ago and it cost me £350 and I am not prepared to buy
> a
> new copy just because I upgraded my computer! Thank you for your help
>