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i've lost my oem restore disc for xp home - i know the operating system is
legit because it updates and has been authenticated etc. - but i'm getting a
bit worried in case anything happens to my hard drive and i have to reinstall
(which i can't because i've lost my restore disc) - the question is: if i
take an image of my disc using something like acronis or norton ghost, can i
simply copy that image onto a new hard drive (or maybe my old hdd if i have
to format and the drive still works) without having to use a restore disc,
and what would happen about activation? should i find the OS serial number
pretty damn quick? and how can i do that?
legit because it updates and has been authenticated etc. - but i'm getting a
bit worried in case anything happens to my hard drive and i have to reinstall
(which i can't because i've lost my restore disc) - the question is: if i
take an image of my disc using something like acronis or norton ghost, can i
simply copy that image onto a new hard drive (or maybe my old hdd if i have
to format and the drive still works) without having to use a restore disc,
and what would happen about activation? should i find the OS serial number
pretty damn quick? and how can i do that?