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Over the last year or so I have been cloning a small number of drives (maybe
1 a month) from a master setup drive and then using a third-party tool to
change the Windows XP Pro product key for each client system.
I use a hardware cloning device and have been updating the master drive with
new drivers and software as I went. Occasionally I would be prompted to
re-activate due to new hardware configuration. Now I am being told that this
key has been reactivated too many times and I need to enter a new key. I did
some research and now realize that I should have been using sysprep all
along. I think I understand the general procedure but have a few questions
about updating the master drive:
1. Can I convert my master drive that has already been activated, and now
has an over-used product code into a proper master drive for use with
sysprep? I would like to avoid starting from scratch.
2. When setting up a master drive are you supposed to have a deticated
product key for the master? Are you supposed to activate it? If not, how do
you continue making updates to the master drive past the 30-day activation
period?
Thanks for the help,
Eric
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