Will Microsoft provide me a new key if I buy a used hard drive?

At the prices of hard drives these days, why would anybody buy a used one?

If you can start Win7 using the method I gave you earlier, install MGADiag.exe and post back its output then we can tell you if it's genuine Windows. I already told you how to audit the key to determine if it's retail.

MS has a program to make whole consumers who buy counterfeit Windows disks and keys but not a used HD which happens to have an install on it. Unless you've been told this is an install with a now-abandoned retail key or care to determine this for yourself with our help, it is not normally a retrievable install.

md2lgyk said:

At the prices of hard drives these days, why would anybody buy a used one?

Because it has Windows installed on it.. so if it is genuine Windows it's worth it, if it's not genuine I won't buy it.

bigmck said:

mibaup said:

Thank you all guys!
So I will ask him if the hard drive is genuine .. if not I'll skip..
Btw.. if somebody lies to me about the copy of Windows (he tells me it's genuine and it's not), Will Microsoft then be considerate and give me a key? ( It was kind of rhetorical question.. but maybe some of you heard of stories )

Be sure and ask about Windows also. You can feel confident that what ever the person tells you will be the truth. Why would he lie? Oh yeah, he wants your money.................

Sorry I meant I will ask if Windows is genuine not the hard drive

gregrocker said:

If you can start Win7 using the method I gave you earlier, install MGADiag.exe and post back its output then we can tell you if it's genuine Windows. * * I already told you how to audit the key to determine if it's retail.




MS has a program to make whole consumers who buy counterfeit Windows disks and keys but not a used HD which happens to have an install on it. *Unless you've been told this is an install with a now-abandoned retail key or care to determine this for yourself with our help, it is not *normally a *retrievable install.

Thanks:)


**So I have another question, if my motherboard suddenly dies? I need to buy new Windows?