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HOW TO REINSTALL
WINDOWS XP WITHOUT HAVING TO REACTIVATE WINDOWS XP AGAIN
- Click on Start and then on
Search. Click on the green arrow to the left of "Al files and folders".
In
the "All or part of the file name" box type wpa.dbl and
press the Enter key.
- When Windows finds the file
wpa.dbl, right=click on the file and the click on Copy. Place a floppy
disk in your floppy drive, and paste this file there.
- Take the floppy disk out
and close the windows.
- Reinstall Windows XP.
- After you reinstall Windows
XP, restart your computer and press the F8 key when you hear beeps
during startup.
- Select Safe Mode from the
menu. Insert the floppy disk, click on Start, and then
type COMMAND. Press the Enter key. You are now at a DOS prompt.
- Type "copy a:wpaldbl
c:\windows\SYSTEM32 and press the Enter key. Be sure to remove the floppy
disk after you complete this step.
- Type Exit at the prompt and
press the Enter key to return to Windows.
- Now restart your computer.
If nothing on your system has
changed, Windows will accept the "old" wpa.dbl file as a valid
file, and you
won't have to re-activate existing software.
NOTE: Please note that this
will not work if you try moving the wpa.dbl file to a another computer
with different hardware. This method will only work if you are installing
on the same exact hardware the wpa.dbl came from.
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