put 1 copy of windows 7 on 2 computers?

You can put it on as many as you want....HOWEVER ... you can only activate one at a time... one key per computer...

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The above posters are correct, one key, one computer

I would suggest that you download this
Free Backup Software: Paragon Backup & Recovery Free Edition - Overview

Put the image on a separate hard drive (not the one where the OS is now)
Then you will not lose any of your important doucments etc. You will have an OS backup in the event that your drive does go.

If it does fail and you must use it for whatever reason. Put it in a baggie in the freezer over night. Usually you can get another 10 minutes or so service.

In the meantime use it as little as possible.

richc46 said:

If it does fail and you must use it for whatever reason. Put it in a baggie in the freezer over night. Usually you can get another 10 minutes or so service.

I have never heard this before and find it quite interesting. Things like this make me wonder how it was discovered. I can just picture two guys sitting around with about 16 empty beer bottles on the floor saying "Hey man, let's put it in the freezer".

Thats an old trick that I learned back in the 80's, and has saved by bacon more than once!

bigmck said:

richc46 said:

If it does fail and you must use it for whatever reason. Put it in a baggie in the freezer over night. Usually you can get another 10 minutes or so service.

I have never heard this before and find it quite interesting. Things like this make me wonder how it was discovered. I can just picture two guys sitting around with about 16 empty beer bottles on the floor saying "Hey man, let's put it in the freezer".

Hope you never need to find out if it really works, like Tews has.