New computer old HDD

Hum FWIW I transferred an old HDD with an OEM 7 home premium 32bit installed over the original XP - from the Compaq it was in and put it into a shop built (and better) machine and so far have no problems whatsoever.

Unfleshed said:

well I believe reinstalling with the old key worked I'm on my computer as I type this. sorry for taking awhile looks like my internet wanted to mess up on me aswell. but I believe its fully working. any tests to see if I did this correctly ? and thanks for all the help, ended up saving me quite a bit of money aswell.

Well done mate had a similar exprience with an old XP machine - something went awry witht first install and I fluked it by rebooting and forgetting I had the disk still in

Oh welcome to the best forum in the universe

gregrocker said:

Unfleshed said:

any tests to see if I did this correctly ?

Did you follow these steps for installing, setting up and now maintaining your Win7? Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7

No Greg the XP I just fluked it somehow as they are old copies that have I suspect from someone with access to a company that has gone 7 now and is trying to make a few bucks to off set the cost of 7.

My 7 install onto the SSD I didn't do anything except just unplug all the other drives and install the 7 from the OEM disk. Am having few probs with that install and am going to have to do a repair install or go with your tut.