I have 3 Hard drives in my PC. OS is Intel SSD.
 
I have two regular 3.5" hard drives for (1) for samples\storage and (1) for audio.
 
If I change out the 2 regular HD's will that activate the authorization crap of all my VST's?
IOW, will that change the machine code (or whatever the plugs and Sonar, etc look at)?
 
I would like to think the machine code is based upon-os HD, Graphics cards, motherboard and possibly sound card and that any other drives-external or internal don't matter to the authorization method.
Thank you

Most of those should be in your registry.  For me I have removable HDs in treys and I have never had a problem swapping out an HD.

Keep in mind that the system disk holds all the VSTs I have and that is where the registry is.


I would think that some VSTs use some sort of code in some hidden file some where but that should be on your system disk too.  

That's what I am hoping. My sample drive is clicking real bad and fails all smart test. I have backups so I have to give it a shot.
I have WD Caviar Black SATAIII to replace it with. And my new board has 6G MB connectors.
Thanks John

like john says, most vsts are reg in the registry.

Worked fine-replaced the drive-restored the sample backup from external HD and all the VST's work fine-all Isotopes, Kontakt, SSD Platinum 4, etc, etc
 
Uh
Thanks John and Thanks Chuck.