Solved Laptop Broke, replaced hard drive Disk, What about my windows 7!?!

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So my laptop broke, something to do with corruption of data and i have no idea how, already angry because of something i didnt want to happen... during a very important time of the year for work...

I now am in the situation where i already spent around 300 dollars USD fixing my laptop, now that i have a fresh new working hard drive how do i get my OS back?

I bought it from a retailer, my broken hard disk is inaccessable so i cant get into it and seek out it's activation code ETC.

Anyone ever had this situation before? how do i get back my windows 7 OS with it's key that no one is using.

Im not going to spend all of that money again since it was part of the package of buying that laptop.

Please assist.
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bitAMD Phenom(tm) II X4 840 Processor (4 CPUs), ...4096MB RAMNVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit
CPU
AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 840 Processor (4 CPUs), ~3.2GHz
Memory
4096MB RAM
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
Monitor(s) Displays
1
Screen Resolution
1024 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Hard Drives
1
Cooling
Power fan and CPU fan. Heat pipe on graphics card.
louis cardinal said:
So my laptop broke, something to do with corruption of data and i have no idea how, already angry because of something i didnt want to happen... during a very important time of the year for work...

I now am in the situation where i already spent around 300 dollars USD fixing my laptop, now that i have a fresh new working hard drive how do i get my OS back?

I bought it from a retailer, my broken hard disk is inaccessable so i cant get into it and seek out it's activation code ETC.

Anyone ever had this situation before? how do i get back my windows 7 OS with it's key that no one is using.

Im not going to spend all of that money again since it was part of the package of buying that laptop.

Please assist.
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Your laptop should have a sticker on the bottom with the key for your version of windows. Also, your manufacturer might provide recovery disks.

This is another good reason to always make the recovery disks when you first setup your new laptop.

Rich
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Pro x64 SP1Intel Core I716 GigsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M
Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Toshiba Laptop Qosimo X870
OS
Windows 7 Pro x64 SP1
CPU
Intel Core I7
Motherboard
Toshiba Qosmio
Memory
16 Gigs
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M
Monitor(s) Displays
17.7" laptop
Screen Resolution
1600 x 900
Hard Drives
256 Gig SanDisk SSD for C
256 Gig Intel SSD for D
Internet Speed
50/25 FIOS
Antivirus
Vipre (all you can eat for 10 machines)
Browser
IE and FF
Other Info
I have dos 6.22, wfwg 3.11, win98, 2000 and xp VHD's available for testing. MS's Virtual PC works great.
k thanks, i dont even know how to use a recovery disk because i never did it before, never needed to do one... untill now
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bitAMD Phenom(tm) II X4 840 Processor (4 CPUs), ...4096MB RAMNVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit
CPU
AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 840 Processor (4 CPUs), ~3.2GHz
Memory
4096MB RAM
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
Monitor(s) Displays
1
Screen Resolution
1024 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Hard Drives
1
Cooling
Power fan and CPU fan. Heat pipe on graphics card.
This is hard to believe. Sounds like people jumping out of airplanes without a parachute. You van be sure that a recovery will be necessary - and that for a variety of reasons. The best strategy to protect yourself is frequent imaging. Then your current problem would be solved in 20 minutes.
 

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Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8from 1.6GHz Duo to i7
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops
OS
Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
CPU
from 1.6GHz Duo to i7
Monitor(s) Displays
2x HP w2207
Hard Drives
5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals
Keyboard
with trackball - no mices
Mouse
Trackball mice
Internet Speed
DSL 6000
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