Hi
Why do you need to reformat? If you post your problems here, someone may be
able to help you before a reformat. A 'Repair' install may help or if not a
'Clean' install. The two following articles by MVP Michael Stevens will
help:
"How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install"
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
"Clean Install Windows XP"
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
If you haven't 'substantially' changed the hardware on your system, then you
should be able to activate without any problems. Have a look the following
article by MVP Alex Nichol:
"Windows Product Activation (WPA) on Windows XP"
http://aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm
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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
| we are going to have to reformat our hard drive and then
| reload XP home addition. How do we reactivate it so it
| will continue to run.
