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I think he means the Retail (system builder ) oem product - not the pre-installed by manufacturer oem.
I think he means the Retail (system builder ) oem product - not the pre-installed by manufacturer oem.
So, if I understand correctly, if I install a new hard drive, or some other hardware, on my exsisting laptop, tranferring an image copy from an external hard drive that I have saved in the past will work. But, if, on the other hand, I buy another laptop, say from ebay etc, I can not transfer the saved image from my old laptop to my new (ebay used), or new laptop. Is the correct?
Thanks,
Bill
You shouldn't have a problem restoring an image to a new HD on the same machine.
You may have a problem restoring it to a different machine.
2 problems in fact.
If the hardware is dramativcally different - windows may not boot.
You may be ok - impossible to tell without actually doing it.
If it won't boot on the new hardware, running Paragon Adaptive restore p2p adjust will definitely fix it in a couple of seconds.
The other issue is the MS license. Windows will know it's on a different machine - no prob. if you have a Retail product key, but you can't do it with an oem product key.
What I mean by OEM supplied OS is go Control panel>systemI think he means the Retail (system builder ) oem product - not the pre-installed by manufacturer oem.
(Windows) Product ID: xxxx-OEM-xxxx
MS support ask for this WindowsID and provide no assistance if OEM is part of the ID code.
I haven't needed to do it myself, but my understanding is there is a distinction between a Retail ( system builder ) oem product, and the pre-installed oem product.
If you have the Retail (system builder )oem builder product, MS will assist but only with activation issues.
There was an article last year ( sadly, i don't have the link ) where MS explained they would do that e.g. if you need to change the mobo - they take it on trust you haven't moved it to a different machine - they have a record of it of course and will only let you do it once with each Retail oem key.
I am sure if you search the net you will plenty of examples of people having done it.
E.G. In-place upgrade with retail / OEM / OSB / SB versions?