new hard drive, cant activate vista again?

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i installed windows vista ultimate, but got a new larger hard drive and
reinstalled vista, but it kept having trouble activating and now activation
period has expired. I typed in my product key and it says its already in
use. how do i re install windows vista on my computer with the same product
key?
 
vista1003 said:
i installed windows vista ultimate, but got a new larger hard drive and
reinstalled vista, but it kept having trouble activating and now
activation
period has expired. I typed in my product key and it says its already in
use. how do i re install windows vista on my computer with the same
product
key?
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Your problem is very common. The screen that says your product key is
already in use should give you a phone number to call. I've heard it takes
only 5 or 10 minutes to explain the situation and get it resolved.

-Paul Randall
 
I have the same problem and do not want to use my old hard drive. However, I
knew it would be an activation numer problem so have not installed my new
larger drive.
I tried to find the phone number to use on Microsoft's site, but only found
$59 per incident number. Do you have the other number? Thanks.
Lloyd
 
When you come to the Activation screen (after you install the HD, if you
need to reactivate), you can select your location, and the phone number will
be there. It costs nothing to reactivate that way.
 
Thanks
--
Lloyd


Paul Randall said:
Your problem is very common. The screen that says your product key is
already in use should give you a phone number to call. I've heard it takes
only 5 or 10 minutes to explain the situation and get it resolved.

-Paul Randall
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