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Windows reinstall without reactivating How to

We all at sometime need to re-install XP, but what a phaff re-activating is. Provided you haven’t made changes to the hardware you can re-activate (If you know how)

Before reformatting, etc.

Go to:- My Computer, double click the drive letter on which you installed XP and scroll to WINDOWS\System32.

If you already haven’t Click "Show the contents of this folder". Copy the following files to :- A floppy, USB drive, CD/DVD or network location: wpa.dbl wpa.bak.

When you have reformatted and reinstalled XP, select NO when asked if you want to activate Windows now.

Restart in Safe Mode. (You know the routine: F8)

Scroll again to My Computer, open the WINDOWS\System32 folder and rename the existing files wpa.dbl and wpa.bak (They should be there but worry not).

Now copy your old wpa.dbl and wpa.bak files from the floppy or whatever, to the System32 folder.

Restart and you should not be requested to activate again.

Note:- This only works when you reinstall Windows on the same computer and the hardware remains the same. 