Repair and install with O.E.M. disk

Layback Bear · 26 Oct 2010

Can I do a repair and install with a O.E.M Windows 7 Home Premium 64 or do I need a retail version.

richc46 · 26 Oct 2010

You can repair on the one computer that had the system installed. The OEM is tied to one computer for a lifetime.
If the OEM was supplied with the computer, it is tied into that computer only.

myzr7 · 26 Oct 2010

Yes you can. Oem just means for that pc only. I asume since it is a repair install that it will be the same pc? Good luck to you with your problem

DeaconFrost · 26 Oct 2010

OEM is a license...not a disc-type. The discs are the same....it is the license key you put in once you have the system up and running that determines the differences.

Layback Bear · 26 Oct 2010

Thanks folk for the information. I don't need to use it now. Just wanted the information if I need to later. If I understand I can do this with this OEM disk as long as the operating system are the same and I use that computers license key.

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