Backup Windows 7 Activation

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There are many ways to backup Windows 7 using third-party softwares. In this article, you will be shown how to backup and install only the activation files needed to reactivate Windows 7 when you reinstall your Windows 7 without connecting to the Internet and reactivate it. This way is beneficial because Microsoft lets you activate your Windows only ten times through the Internet. After ten times of activation, you may have to call Microsoft customer service to get the activation key. In the other word, backing up only the activation files takes less hard disk space than backing up the whole Operating System. In my experience, backing up and restoring the whole Operating System may be easier and takes less time to work. However, after restoring the operating System, it may not work well as you expect. This is because there were some errors or files corrupted during the backing up and restoring process. That is the reason why I am writing this article for.

What You Need To Know

In this article, I will discuss mainly about how to backup and restore the activation files of Windows 7 64-Bit Operating System, and it will include how to backup and restore the Windows 7 32-Bit as well.

There are three files that contain the activation information in Windows 7 64-Bit. By default, Windows 7 64-Bit stores the activation infor


Configuration

Here is a list of equipment and hardware Requirement for this lab:

  • A wireless router - this could be any wireless router that supported WEP security encryption.
  • A BackTrack 3 Live CD
  • 2 wireless adapters - one of them should be a compatible wireless adapter.
  • At least 2 PCs


Hardware and Software

Here is a list of equipment and hardware Requirement for this lab:

  • A wireless router - this could be any wireless router that supported WEP security encryption.
  • A BackTrack 3 Live CD
  • 2 wireless adapters - one of them should be a compatible wireless adapter.
  • At least 2 PCs