Sounds like he wants to use trial software that runs out after a period of time. In order to reuse
it he needs the fresh install of windows so there is no memory of the software in the system.
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Dave Vair
CNE, CNA, MCP, A+, N+

"Brian Gaff" <Briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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>I was wondering that as well. Being in the position I am, ie blind, I've never had to reformat
>either in 98 or XP unless it has been a hardware fault that has trashed the drive.
>
> Brian
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> "Kerry Brown" <kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> wrote in message
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>> 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
>>
>>
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Jonny wrote:

> The last two versions of Ghost are based on the last Powerquest DriveImage
> version 7.0 software. This requires installation to XP for imaging. It
> works within the XP environment for easing users afraid of non-XP
> environments. Restoration is done from its boot/installation CD.

Worth noting restore of non-boot partitions can also be done from within
XP, system partition restore is the only time you need to boot from CD.

I wish they hadn't removed the option of imaging from the CD boot
environment, but I suppose they sell more copies.

> The Ghost 2003 version was the last version prior to the Ghost versions
> based on DriveImage.
> DriveImage 2002, version 6.0 works like 2003 in that nothing is installed to
> the operating system. Some use it for XP imaging. This version is okay for
> the standard PC, but not external drive image locations or imaging directly
> to DVD.