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Originally Posted by DMetalKong
Hi all,
I have Inventor installed on our computer, which went screwy when installing a new hard drive. I have tried system restore, but now windows sp2 will not re-install  . To save some time, as well as clean out the system (it was time for it anyway) I would like to re-install windows. Does anybody know whether the Inventor serial code can be used a second time for a re-install? Thanks. |
As long as you are reinstalling it on the exact same computer, almost every piece of software that exists should allow this. You may have to deactivate a license/serial key first to keep it as a valid key, though.
Was the new hard drive compatible with your computer? Did you try also installing XP SP3?
Also, I'd suggest that any computer should really be wiped clean* - as in write zeros to the hard drive - and then have everything reinstalled every two to three years. I just recently did this on my home desktop computer, and I gained back 25 Gb of hard drive space.
* Simply reinstalling Windows won't fix this problem. You literally have to wipe everything and start from scratch. Windows makes a ton of index.dat log files in the background of every file and URL you visit which are totally invisible unless you know exactly where to look for them. Over a time period of a few months or years, these files can start getting several gigabytes each in size. And when I say invisible - I mean it; these files aren't marked as "hidden", they aren't even marked as "system". They are marked in the file system as "secret", which means you can only access the files through command prompt if you know the exact file name and location.