Migrating to new internal hard drive on a laptop

[ekwang]

Hello,

I have Office Pro 2007, InfoPath 2007 and Visio Pro 2007 installed on my
work laptop and am going to be migrating to a new internal hard drive. I've
heard things in the past about activiation problems with these kind of
changes and how MS Office 2007 software reacts to hardware changes, since it
keys in (for lack of better verbage) on the hardware it is installed on and
if those environmental variables change, then it does not work. Any steps I
should take as a precaution to ensure that when the new drive is re-imaged
with my info I'll the same working set-up? Thanks.

Eric

 

[Beth Melton]

Hello,

I have Office Pro 2007, InfoPath 2007 and Visio Pro 2007 installed on my
work laptop and am going to be migrating to a new internal hard drive.
I've
heard things in the past about activiation problems with these kind of
changes and how MS Office 2007 software reacts to hardware changes, since
it
keys in (for lack of better verbage) on the hardware it is installed on
and
if those environmental variables change, then it does not work. Any steps
I
should take as a precaution to ensure that when the new drive is re-imaged
with my info I'll the same working set-up? Thanks.

If you happen to encounter activation issues the most you would need to do
is use the telephone activation method and explain the situation to them.

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Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton
What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs

Guides for the Office 2007 Interface:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/HA102295841033.aspx

 

[ekwang]

Hello Beth,

Thank you very much! Glad it is so simple as simply picking up the phone and
making a quick call. Have a great week.

Eric