reinstalling oem vista on new harddisk

I'm trying to reinstall an OEM version of Vista Home Premium on my new
harddisk. But when I try to register it says that the licens is allready in
use (probably from my installation on my old and deleted harddisk). Is this
not possible?

Mikkel wrote:
> I'm trying to reinstall an OEM version of Vista Home Premium on my new
> harddisk. But when I try to register it says that the licens is allready in
> use (probably from my installation on my old and deleted harddisk). Is this
> not possible?


It's in use by you, because of your initial Activation. Simply
follow the on-screen instructions to activate by telephone.


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"Mikkel" wrote:

> I'm trying to reinstall an OEM version of Vista Home Premium on my new
> harddisk. But when I try to register it says that the licens is allready in
> use (probably from my installation on my old and deleted harddisk). Is this
> not possible?