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Old 01-24-2008, 03:34 AM   #1010 (permalink)
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Default Re: Clean Install Guide (works for 32-bit or 64-bit)

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Originally Posted by alen View Post
Hello, I've just performed this install on my t60p vista business to go from 32bit to 64bit. Everything seemed to go fine (my total recovery backups were about 3 dvds), did the ABR activation backup as outlined in the guide.
However, when time came to activate Windows by using the ABR activation restore, I would get the following window:



and Windows would not be installed. I installed all the drivers, etc, but I have been unsuccessful in figuring out the way around this. Can I play around with the .txt files that the activation_backup tool created?
I need a little clarification. You said "windows would not be installed"??? It appears to be installed. When you go to the control panel are you activated? (as shown in the last screenshot of Step 3 in the guide.
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