Xu wrote:
> I have now had three products that I bought--including XP--give me an
> activation waring. XP is no trouble, but the other two companies cut
> me off and said I had to buy a new version of their software.
>
> I am wondering, once I get everything set up the way I like it, can't
> I just clone my HDD thereby avoiding activation in the future when I
> reformat?

If you restore to the same exact hardware then you should avoid activation.
The bigger question is why do you have to reformat so often?

Kerry