misc_bb 7 Posted October 18, 2021 (edited) In the most important time bad things happens and my PC crashed all of a sudden and Windows Recovery is not helping either, giving only the option to reformat. We have a licensed for Delphi 10.4 but we decided not to renew subscription. Now after OS installation, I need to re-install Delphi again then I get this error that I need to update my subscription? Am I not allowed to use my Delphi license again? Edited October 18, 2021 by misc_bb Share this post Link to post
Lajos Juhász 293 Posted October 18, 2021 You've to find the last released ISO image before your subscription ended. Share this post Link to post
FPiette 384 Posted October 18, 2021 Did you reinstalled the same Delphi version that you had before and for which you have a license key? By the way, you should have a backup of your system and restore that backup. That way all your software would be still installed and registered. Now, once your system is up and running again with all important and costly software reinstalled, you'll start to backup it regularly. I suggest you use a tool like Macrium Reflect to create images and rescue disk. Of course you need [removable] disk with same capacity. 1 Share this post Link to post
misc_bb 7 Posted October 18, 2021 Yeah, I do have some backup of my source code but the installation and the other apps are not. I'll probably need another drive for this. I am now working on reinstalling it again based on the original Delphi version. Thank you! Share this post Link to post
Der schöne Günther 316 Posted October 18, 2021 5 hours ago, FPiette said: By the way, you should have a backup virtual machine of your system and restore that Fixed that for you Share this post Link to post
dummzeuch 1506 Posted October 18, 2021 9 minutes ago, Der schöne Günther said: Fixed that for you It's a common misconception that all software development should and can be done in virtual machines. 2 Share this post Link to post
SwiftExpat 65 Posted October 18, 2021 Another affordable disk image solution is https://www.oo-software.com/en/diskimage-backup-your-data Sign up for the news letter and you can usually get a copy between $10 - $20 USD. Share this post Link to post
Angus Robertson 574 Posted October 18, 2021 The most affordable disk image solution is the one that comes with Windows 10/11, 'Backup and Restore (Windows 7)' which does full images every night here. Angus Share this post Link to post
dummzeuch 1506 Posted October 18, 2021 I'd go with CloneZilla for image backups. There is no GUI but it's simple to use, once you understood how it works. Share this post Link to post
Fr0sT.Brutal 900 Posted October 19, 2021 Had successful experience with freeware DriveXML. And I also transferred W7 from one PC to completely another with built-in Windows tool Angus mentioned 1 Share this post Link to post