Vista - Reinstalling after Key Activation

I recently purchased a Full Version copy of Vista Ultimate, and installed it
onto my computer as a fresh install. However, no more than a day into the
instal, after activation of course, my hard drive died, and i needed to
reinstall onto one of my secondaries. Now I receive posts on activation that
my key is invalid and i need to purchase a new one. I spent the 400 already
to get this, tell me there's a way around needing to buy another key just
because of hardware failure.

"TheBrodieMan" <TheBrodieMan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote

>I recently purchased a Full Version copy of Vista Ultimate, and installed
>it
> onto my computer as a fresh install. However, no more than a day into the
> instal, after activation of course, my hard drive died, and i needed to
> reinstall onto one of my secondaries. Now I receive posts on activation
> that
> my key is invalid and i need to purchase a new one. I spent the 400
> already
> to get this, tell me there's a way around needing to buy another key just
> because of hardware failure.

Do the phone activation.

--
Rock [MVP - User/Shell]

With the full version of Vista, you can activate the OS an unlimited number
of times and move the OS to a new computer/hard drive an unlimited number of
times (as long as it's removed from the previous computer/hard drive).

If it will not activate by choosing the Internet activation option, then use
the Telephone option.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"TheBrodieMan" <TheBrodieMan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8E02AA04-5907-409F-8249-9BFD9B43916F@microsoft.com...
>I recently purchased a Full Version copy of Vista Ultimate, and installed
>it
> onto my computer as a fresh install. However, no more than a day into the
> instal, after activation of course, my hard drive died, and i needed to
> reinstall onto one of my secondaries. Now I receive posts on activation
> that
> my key is invalid and i need to purchase a new one. I spent the 400
> already
> to get this, tell me there's a way around needing to buy another key just
> because of hardware failure.