Backup Activation Problem

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My wife and I have two identical Lenovo ThinkPad computers with two removable hard drives for each computer, and I use Acronis True Image to clone one installation to all four drives. The software that I own allows installation on two computers, so normally all I have to do to is to reactivate over the Internet whenever I install any of my four cloned drives into either of our notebook computers.

The problem is that we frequently travel in areas where we do not have access to either the Internet or a telephone, and so under those circumstances, I am not able to activate my software whenever I swap drives.

Does anyone have any suggestions how I might be able to modify my initial installation so that I will be able to clone it to all four drives, which I could then install in either computer without having to reactivate my software?

Sat, 01/25/2014 - 14:27
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Can anyone please explain why some software companies are designing their software to require reactivation whenever an end user switches to a cloned backup drive in the same computer for which the software has already been purchased, licensed, installed and activated?

Can anyone please explain why designing and selling software that does that should not be against the law?

The law regarding malware in the UK states that a crime is committed if a person “does any act which causes an unauthorized modification of the contents of any computer” and the perpetrator intends to “cause a modification of the contents of any computer” which may “impair the operation of any computer”, “prevent or hinder access to any program or data held in any computer” or “impair the operation of any such program or the reliability of any such data”.

The way I see it, software designed to force an end user to reactivate software that he has already installed and activated, just because he is running it from one of his backup drives, fits that description of malware and should be against the law.

It should be a fundamental right for an end user to be able to use as many cloned backup drives and backup computers--for which his software has been purchased and licensed--as he may deem necessary. No one should have the right to interfere with the effective use of his backup and recovery plan.

Fri, 01/31/2014 - 15:05