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Originally Posted by edbro
Yes, I worded it incorrectly. I mean the computer.
I was just curious as I don't really know what they look at for the activation; some hardware hash, computer name, etc? My hardware, OS, and computer name will all be the same. In any case, I will deactivate the computer first just to be safe.
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Quite often it's the HDD volume ID. This used by Mobipocket, and is also used as one of the (many) identifiers for XP. If it's anything else, it's unlikely to change when you reformat anway.
It's well worth noting down your volume ID (type VOL at a command prompt) and then restoring it afterwards (before activating any software, including XP itself though!). A util to change the ID can be found on the sysinternals website (which is now part of Microsoft).