If you end up calling Microsoft Customer Support because activation says so, just tell them that your computer screwed up and need to be reformatted again. They'll understand. I do it all the time and they always grant me activation codes.
If you end up calling Microsoft Customer Support because activation says so, just tell them that your computer screwed up and need to be reformatted again. They'll understand. I do it all the time and they always grant me activation codes.