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Hello, I have paid for the full version of microft to install it into my computer. Now I want to create a System image. If I wanted to restore my computer with this image, would I have to pay for a microsoft key again? I have kept the previous key.
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Hi, I am Dave, I will help you with this.
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If you restore from the system image, you should just need to log into Office with your Microsoft account and it will activate.
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When you first installed and activated Office that licence should have become associated to your Microsoft Account online and it is from there that you can re-install Office without the need for a product key:
https://account.microsoft.com/services/
Do you see your Office licence listed there?
