now given Windows 10 and MS being extremely vague on the subject.

I don't think anyone knows for sure what triggers the need for reactivation, esp. If you have legit Windows reactivation is fairly easy and painless 99% of the time.ĮS_Revenge wrote: ↑While this has been true for me as well, just because we've never had to reactivate doesn't mean other people haven't. Why? Again I've never really found any source that can say definitively what does and doesn't deactivate Windows. However changing a boot drive doesn't necessarily entail reactivation but it can sometimes. If you and I and everyone else can see a difference in Device Manager, you think Windows/MS can't? Of course they can. Whatever you clone to, no matter how good you do it, Windows is still well capable of determining it's not the same drive it was activated with previously-it's the OS it knows exactly what your hardware is.

While this has been true for me as well, just because we've never had to reactivate doesn't mean other people haven't. Both worked perfectly without need to do any reactivation of any software. Will888 wrote: ↑If there is need to reactivate software then I would say the cloning software is inadequate.

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