Fotmat harddrive and reinstall windows server 2008R2 and reactivate


i installed , activated new windows server 2008 r2 had problem disk , want format , again install on same hard disk, wondering if there problem once format disk , try activate software. way uninstall key , reinstall again on same pc.

thanks

do mean windows product key?

if so, oem , retail channel productkeys, there no need uninstall key, if reinstalling upon same hardware , key has ever been used on hardware. classic reinstall scenario , activation not issue.

if using volume licensing product key (e.g. mak or kmshost or kmsclient):

- mak, cannot reclaim mak pkey, each , every mak activation causes mak activation permanently consumed. cannot reclaim mak pkey activations.

- kmshost, works same way oem/retail, i.e., if re-installing same pkey upon same hardware, can quite few times (i think 10) no issue

- kmsclient, there no maximum/upper limit on activations @ all, unlimited.


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