Activation of XP

[Mike]

If I change from FAT32 to NTFS after I activate Windows XP will I have to
re-activate.

 

[Willit]

No !!

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

No, you won't have to re-activate XP. The following article by MVP Alex Nichol will help you:

"Windows Product Activation (WPA) on Windows XP"
http://aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.php

 

[Bruce Chambers]

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Not normally, no.

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[Ken Blake]

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If I change from FAT32 to NTFS after I activate Windows XP will I
have to re-activate.

No. Reactivation is triggered by hardware changes, not by
changing file systems.

 

[Alex Nichol]

If I change from FAT32 to NTFS after I activate Windows XP will I have to
re-activate.

Not normally. But the changing will change one of the categories that
enters into deciding whether the hardware is seen as 'substantially the
same'. so if you have made several other changes, it *can* put you over
the top. See www.aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm and the section on Format a
Hard disk (which does the same thing) on a way to avoid this

 

[Alex Nichol]

No. Reactivation is triggered by hardware changes, not by
changing file systems.

Unfortunately one thing it changes is the Volume Serial Number of he
partition - which *is* one of the hardware categories that enters into
WPA

 

[Ken Blake]

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Unfortunately one thing it changes is the Volume Serial Number of he
partition - which *is* one of the hardware categories that enters into
WPA

Thanks, Alex; I didn't realize that. Nevertheless, just the
single change won't trigger reactivation.