Guest ellas Posted October 4, 2003 Report Share Posted October 4, 2003 Activate Windows XP from Floppy Diskette BackupCircumstances arise where you'll need to reinstall Windows XP on your machine when no hardware changes have been made. Rather than go through the reactivation process, create a floppy disk to back up the activation status file. Once XP has been reinstalled the floppy can be used to restore the previous activation status.Create the Activation Status Floppy DisketteNavigate to %systemroot%\system32 folder. Copy the wpa.dbl and wpa.bak files to the floppy diskette. Reinstall Windows XPReinstall XP in the normal manner. After the install is completed and the XP Out Of Box Experience (OOBE) appears where you'd normally activate the product, decline to activate and let the installation complete. Activate the XP ReinstallationRestart the computer and use the F8 key to bring up the Advanced Boot Options menu. Select Minimal Safe Mode using Up and Down Arrow Keys and press Enter. Navigate to %systemroot%\system32 folder. Rename the existing wpa.dbl and wpa.bak files. Using the floppy diskette, copy the previously backed up wpa.dbl and wpa.bak files to the %systemroot%\system32 folder. Reboot the computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted October 9, 2003 Report Share Posted October 9, 2003 Does not work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted October 9, 2003 Report Share Posted October 9, 2003 did you try it then powerless :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted October 9, 2003 Report Share Posted October 9, 2003 Yup months ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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