Installing win 7 on formatted in old laptop

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  1. Posts : 142
    Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit
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       #11

    Cool, thanks for that. Im a little bit confused about the O/S Win 7 and the numbers on the bottom of my laptop. How are they compatible? Did they do that in the shop? If I put a HDD in my hdd dock (on MY working laptop not friends broken one) and install an O/S onto it how would that be compatible (like mine with numbers on the bottom) with the laptop I choose to put it in?
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  2. whs
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       #12

    By "Numbers on the bottom of your laptop" I assume you mean the 25 digit product key on the COA sticker. This is the key you need to activate a Windows installation on that PC. If this is e.g. a Windows 7 Home Premium key, you can download and burn an ISO and install and activate that. Official Windows 7 SP1 ISO from Digital River « My Digital Life

    But if you use just any rinky dink DVD of which you do not know the origin, it may not work.
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  3. Posts : 12,012
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       #13

    You would have to call Microsoft to find out if you have a valid Product Key and EXACTLY what type it is---OEM, retail, developer's, etc.

    It may be invalid.

    Or it may be valid ONLY on the PC to which that sticker is attached.

    Or something else.

    If it is a valid Product Key, you can download a legal ISO, burn it to a disk, and install from that disk--without using that disk you got from the dealer.

    A lot of shops are unethical and use unauthorized versions of Windows on customer machines. There is no easy way to tell about your particular Product Key.
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  4. Posts : 142
    Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit
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       #14

    The Win 7 disc I have is Authetic. I used it to do a clean re-install on my laptop fine using the product key. Can I use it on another laptop? I'm downloading the Win 7 HP ISO.

    Thanks guys. I'm slowly getting it.
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  5. Posts : 142
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       #15

    thanks a lot guys
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  6. Posts : 2,171
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #16

    The product key is good for one activated installation.
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  7. whs
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       #17

    TWardy said:
    The Win 7 disc I have is Authetic. I used it to do a clean re-install on my laptop fine using the product key. Can I use it on another laptop? I'm downloading the Win 7 HP ISO.

    Thanks guys. I'm slowly getting it.
    It may be an authentic disc. But if it is an OEM disc, it is only authentic for your system.
    That also explains why it never asked for a product key because on OEM installation disks it is a hard wired generic key that works only with OEM systems of this make (they can check that on the mobo). A Gateway disc would not correctly install on a HP PC whilst it would work perfectly on a Gateway.
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  8. Posts : 12,012
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       #18

    TWardy said:
    The Win 7 disc I have is Authetic. I used it to do a clean re-install on my laptop fine using the product key. Can I use it on another laptop? I'm downloading the Win 7 HP ISO.

    Thanks guys. I'm slowly getting it.
    Who said the disk is authentic?

    Did you call Microsoft and ask them about the Product Key?

    Windows disks are a dime a dozen.

    What you pay for is the Product Key. Is it authentic? For what type of Windows 7?

    If it is an OEM Product Key, no, you cannot use it on another laptop.

    But you haven't told us anything about the Product Key and what Microsoft or whoever said about it.
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  9. Posts : 10,200
    MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
       #19

    TWardy,
    one computer = 1 license.
    1 license = one computer.
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  10. Posts : 142
    Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit
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       #20

    Haha yip, gotcha. Thanks
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