XP on a New Hard Drive

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Brian Mc

I have just upgraded to a new hard drive using Seagate's
Discwizard software to set up the new drive and transfer
everything over. When I start Word, the Activation
Wizard also starts, I insert the Office XP CD when
prompted, then the wizard just closes and the product is
not reactivated. How do I recover my Office
functionality?
I have the Small Business edition, OEM.
 
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Chris Schatte

OEM, this product was installed on your original hard drive/original machine. It cannot be transferred, as per Microsoft Licensing to the manufacturer.
You may try and slave your old drive to your new drive, but when you use Office on your slave it will probably ask you to reactivate.
Or purchase a new full version of Office. If you did not format your old drive you could transfer your files to the new drive.
 

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