I just had a new Motherboard installed in my Dell 6720 laptop and everything works great again. With a new MB I now have a new Product Key for the OS. Following is the sequence of my current problem.
1. I had been running on an SSD cloned from the original HDD. I removed the SSD and installed the original HDD to get the computer repaired by Dell.
2. After completion of the repairs, I used the new Product Key to activate Windows successfully on the original HDD.
3. Reinstalled the SSD and booted up normally.
4. Had occasion to reboot numerous times never thinking to activate Windows again on the SSD.
5. Now when SSD is installed windows will not boot. Powering up results in immediate display of UEFI boot Options menu.
Query... Is there some limit on how many times the OS can be booted before windows activation is required? Is there, in fact, any relationship between failure to boot and windows activation?
1. I had been running on an SSD cloned from the original HDD. I removed the SSD and installed the original HDD to get the computer repaired by Dell.
2. After completion of the repairs, I used the new Product Key to activate Windows successfully on the original HDD.
3. Reinstalled the SSD and booted up normally.
4. Had occasion to reboot numerous times never thinking to activate Windows again on the SSD.
5. Now when SSD is installed windows will not boot. Powering up results in immediate display of UEFI boot Options menu.
Query... Is there some limit on how many times the OS can be booted before windows activation is required? Is there, in fact, any relationship between failure to boot and windows activation?