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How to install windows 7 using own product key?
Hey! I just bought new PC. I never bought any windows with it. I have already windows 7 product key from my laptop. So i wonder how can i install windows 7 and use that product key?
How to install windows 7 using own product key?
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You can do this: Windows 7 Installation - Transfer to a New Computer which will leave the laptop with no Windows on it. The key can only be used on one computer at one time.
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In addition to what Britton mentioned above, if the key you have is a so called OEM key meaning it belongs to a pre-installed Windows on your laptop, you cannot use it on any other PC:
In other words when you buy a computer which comes with a pre-installed Windows, the key is tied to that and only that computer and cannot be reused on other computers.
If your Windows 7 is a retail copy you have bought yourself separately, you can use the key on any computer but only on one computer at the time, as Britton already mentioned.
Kari
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How do i know if Windows 7 is OEM or retail copy?
Its says on product key : Windows 7 home premium OA
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Yes. When i got laptop it was windows on it.
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From the previously posted link:
Warning
Using this method causes Windows 7 to lose all activation information, and it needs to be reactivated afterwards. If your Windows 7 is an OEM version, you might not be able to reactivate it, at least not without phone activation option.
I do not recommend to use this method on RAID systems. All experiments on RAID I know have failed.
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The Warning Box applies to retail builder's OEM which will sometime get a reactivation variance from MS sctivation phone agents for good reason to move it, as Kari can tell us.
Factory OEM will never get such a variance for reactivation on another PC since it came with the PC and cannot be moved at all.
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