reinstallation of Vista

I built a PC and installed OEM Version of Vista Home Premium.
I want to partition my Hard drive and reinstall Vista.Do I have to call
Microsoft ??
Thank You
Doug

Doug <DugGliss@removemegmail.com> wrote:

>I built a PC and installed OEM Version of Vista Home Premium.
>I want to partition my Hard drive and reinstall Vista.Do I have to call
>Microsoft ??
>Thank You
>Doug

You won't know that until you're done installing.

Hi Doug,

Possibly, assuming the original installation was activated. Since the
hardware has not actually changed (and that's what the hashes are based on),
you may not need to. Won't know until you try. Either way, as it's the same
system, you are well within the EULA boundries for reactivating.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
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"Doug" <DugGliss@removemegmail.com> wrote in message
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>I built a PC and installed OEM Version of Vista Home Premium.
> I want to partition my Hard drive and reinstall Vista.Do I have to call
> Microsoft ??
> Thank You
> Doug

Rick Rogers wrote:
> Hi Doug,
>
> Possibly, assuming the original installation was activated. Since the
> hardware has not actually changed (and that's what the hashes are based
> on), you may not need to. Won't know until you try. Either way, as it's
> the same system, you are well within the EULA boundries for reactivating.
>
Thanks for the information.Just wanted to check on prcedure.
Thanks Guys
Doug