[Discuss] restoring Windows on different hardware

[Edward Ned Harvey (blu)]

> From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org [mailto:discuss-
> bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org] On Behalf Of David Kramer
> 
> I'm sure that's true.  But with Windows you have the added complication
> of activation/registration.  No Linux restore/move is going to fully
> restore then tell you you're not allowed to use it.

True, but that's just a detail.  I've never failed to reactivate windows after a migration.  Sometimes I have to make a phone call and punch in a bunch of digits, sometimes I have to tell a human that I'm moving windows from one computer to another (and destroying, formatting, deleting, not using the old computer, or the old windows anymore.)