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| 19 Jan 2012 | #1 |
| | Reinstalling Windows 7 with product key sticker So I got a laptop around a year ago or so, maybe a bit longer, and replaced Windows 7 with Ubuntu fairly quickly. Well now the lack of video game support for Ubuntu has made me regret it, so I plan on reinstalling Windows 7 and simply giving it a tiny partition of the HDD. My question is how to use the product key I found on a sticker on the bottom of the laptop. I don't have any sort of recovery CD or anything for Windows 7 that I could use, and obviously every trace of it has been wiped from the drive. I considered grabbing one of the cracked versions off of a torrent site and using my recovery key, as it would still be fully legal then seeing as I merely need the install, but I figured it would be better to ask around here and see if there were a way to get a clean install of it simply less the product key. I really haven't found any way to get an install disc unless I buy a new copy outright. |
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| 19 Jan 2012 | #2 |
| | hi Neoncamouflage, and welcome to sevenforums, you can download a legitimate iso from here. as a side point, you say you're interested in playing games, and are going to give win 7 a 'tiny portion of the HDD'. be aware that many modern video games contain a lot of multimedia data, and install sizes of 10 gigs or more per game are not uncommon. |
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| 19 Jan 2012 | #3 |
| | Thank you very much for your help, and yes, I know they can take up a good bit of space. I only have two games at the moment I really dislike not being able to play, so around the 50g partition I'm giving it should do well enough. |
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| 19 Jan 2012 | #4 |
| | okey doke - have fun! |
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| 19 Jan 2012 | #5 |
| | This tutorial will help, should you need it: Clean Install : Factory COA Activation Key |
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| 19 Jan 2012 | #6 |
| | Additional tips to get a perfect clean reinstall of factory OEM: Reinstalling Windows 7 |
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| 20 Jan 2012 | #7 |
| |  InformationWe always assume you have made your Recovery Disks using the OEM manufacturer's Recovery Media Creator app the first day you had your new PC. & made the Startup Repair CD. startup repair disc-create Did you make the OEM manufacturer's Recovery Disks? |
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| 20 Jan 2012 | #8 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by theog  InformationWe always assume you have made your Recovery Disks using the OEM manufacturer's Recovery Media Creator app the first day you had your new PC. & made the Startup Repair CD. startup repair disc-create Did you make the OEM manufacturer's Recovery Disks? Um....no. I was never really concerned with getting Windows back were it ever to fail, as I always planned on changing over to Ubuntu anyway. Would this cause a problem when I'm trying to install Windows from the .iso link given earlier? |
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| 21 Jan 2012 | #9 |
| | Try Cleaning the HD Drive, using the CLEAN ALL command in Step One in this tutorial: SSD / HDD : Optimize for Windows Reinstallation Than clean install with the OEM manufacturer's Recovery Disk. or Clean Install : Factory COA Activation Key |
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