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7. Well another issue is you don't have the actual license key

Sun Nov 12, 2017, 07:18 PM

Nov 2017

So even if you tried to call them and get them to validate it you would not be able to without the key.

Basically wipe the drive and forget it.

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What's the best way to back up a Win 8 Pro partition ? (not usually a Windows user) [View all] eppur_se_muova Nov 2017 OP

If you want to clone a HD... Galileo126 Nov 2017 #1

That sounds good, thanks for the link. lpbk2713 Nov 2017 #2

Yes, the remaining space is 100% usable Galileo126 Nov 2017 #3

Thanks. Sounds like a nice utility to have in any case. nt eppur_se_muova Nov 2017 #6

Skip it Egnever Nov 2017 #4

Well another issue is you don't have the actual license key Egnever Nov 2017 #7

Macrium reflect gvstn Nov 2017 #8