I've done many many many clones, and have never been asked.

Anyways, top tip to people who have to re-activate Windows, if you use the first option (connect to the internet), and it barfs, use the phone activation method, it's a pain, but eventually it'll ask you how many machines you have Windows installed on, put 0, or whatever the truthful number is, and it'll then give you the code to activate it.

Little loophole I've learned over the years.

Same goes with Office