Reinstalling Win 7 and Office

Because my PC is so slow (my own fault mainly!) I have decided to reinstall Windows 7, repartition the dish and reinstall Office 2007 and only any really essential software.

My question is - will I have problems activating these Microsoft products, using my original (and legal!) DVD's and their Licence keys?

Also, having already saved many settings onto an external hard disk with Windows Easy File Transfer, are there any other tips you can give me to prepare for and carry out this reinstallation as easily and smoothly as possible? All help appreciated!

radcliffe287 said:

Because my PC is so slow (my own fault mainly!) I have decided to reinstall Windows 7, repartition the dish and reinstall Office 2007 and only any really essential software.

My question is - will I have problems activating these Microsoft products, using my original (and legal!) DVD's and their Licence keys?

Also, having already saved many settings onto an external hard disk with Windows Easy File Transfer, are there any other tips you can give me to prepare for and carry out this reinstallation as easily and smoothly as possible? All help appreciated!

From what I heard , If your re installing it on the same computer it should work just fine, however if your installing it on another computer , the activation will fail.

Layback Bear said:

I'm no expert but I did find a couple.
Take a read through these Tutorials.

By Brink:
Clean Install Windows 7

By Gregrocker:
Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7

Layback Bear , all you can do is try right :)

If you're saving settings in hidden AppData folders, I would not do this as it is a possible corruption path into a fresh new install. You only want your files and other data listed in Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7.

Then during the booted reinstall, delete all partitions to get it cleanest for the new install. If you'll follow the steps given in tutorial, you'll get and keep a perfect install for as long as you do.

Thanks for all these! I am indeed reinstalling on the same PC, so may well be OK.

radcliffe287 said:

Because my PC is so slow (my own fault mainly!) I have decided to reinstall Windows 7, repartition the dish and reinstall Office 2007 and only any really essential software.

My question is - will I have problems activating these Microsoft products, using my original (and legal!) DVD's and their Licence keys?

Also, having already saved many settings onto an external hard disk with Windows Easy File Transfer, are there any other tips you can give me to prepare for and carry out this reinstallation as easily and smoothly as possible? All help appreciated!

I had a very similar problem and had to re-install both.
I had no trouble with the re-install of windows 7 and office 2007, I use the numbers on the original disk.

Great - that's very reassuring, thanks!