Tag: boot_disk

How to reformat boot disk and hard disk?

May 13, 2007 by Jason

Whenever an error occurs in an operating system or any important programs or whenever system collapses. The question arising is, is there any boot disk? Some people ask booting disk! What is this all about? Others feel for not creating such things.
To avoid you from facing this problem I am giving this tip. Read More»

XP Product Activation

February 03, 2007 by Jason

Windows XP and Office XP use Product Activation to reduce piracy.

On installation (of non corporate editions) they create a snapshot of the PC’s hardware which covers:

Boot disk volume serial number
Network adaptor MAC address
CD-ROM drive ID data
Graphics card ID data
IDE adaptor ID data
SCSI adaptor ID data
Hard disk ID data
Processor Model and serial number
Amount of RAM
Dockable (laptop) or not (desktop)
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